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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Psalm 40
⁴ How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
⁵ Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
⁶ Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
⁷ Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart."
⁹ I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, You know.
¹⁰ I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
¹¹ You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
¹² For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
¹³ Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; Make haste, O Lord, to help me.
¹⁴ Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.