Psalm 40

I Waited Patiently for Yahweh// Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹I waited patiently for Yahweh;

He inclined to me and heard my cry.

²He lifted me up from the pit of despair,

out of the miry clay;

He set my feet upon a rock,

and made my footsteps firm.

³He put a new song in my mouth,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear

and put their trust in Yahweh.

⁴Blessed is the man

who has made Yahweh his trust,

who has not turned to the proud,

nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

⁵Many, O Yahweh my God,

are the wonders You have done,

and the plans You have for us—

none can compare to You—

if I proclaim and declare them,

they are more than I can count.

⁶Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,

but my ears You have opened.

Burnt offerings and sin offerings

You did not require.

• PS 40:6[PROPHECY]His delight was to do the Father's will → JN 4:34; HEB 10:5-10; MK 14:36
• PS 40:6[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 10:5-7
• PS 40:6[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 10:8-9
• PS 40:6[MESSIAH SPEAKING]Red letters here mean the Messiah is speaking. Hebrews 10:5 to 7 says that when Christ came into the world, He said these words. Many Jewish readers hear David speaking about himself.
• PS 40:6[TEXT]A BODY. The Hebrew says my ears You have opened, or dug. The Greek Old Testament says a body You prepared for me, and Hebrews 10:5 quotes the Greek.

⁷Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—

it is written about me in the scroll:

⁸I delight to do Your will, O my God;

Your law is within my heart.”

⁹I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;

behold, I do not seal my lips,

as You, O Yahweh, do know.

• PS 40:9[PROPHECY]He would preach righteousness publicly in Israel → MT 4:17MEDIUM

¹⁰I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart;

I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation;

I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness

from the great assembly.

¹¹O Yahweh, do not withhold Your mercy from me;

Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

¹²For evils without number surround me;

my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see.

They are more than the hairs of my head,

and my heart has failed within me.

¹³Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;

hurry, O Yahweh, to help me.

¹⁴May those who seek my life

be ashamed and confounded;

may those who wish me harm

be repelled and humiliated.

¹⁵May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

be appalled at their own shame.

¹⁶May all who seek You

rejoice and be glad in You;

may those who love Your salvation

always say, “Yahweh be magnified!”

¹⁷But I am poor and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and deliverer;

O my God, do not delay.