7 Sacrifices and offerings thou didst not desire; Thou hast opened my ears; Thou didst not demand burnt offerings and sin offerings.

8 Then I said, Behold, I am coming; In the scroll of the book it is written about me:

9 I desire to do thy will, O my God, and thy law is in my heart.

10 I have declared thy righteousness in the great assembly; I have not rebuked my mouth: Thou, O Lord, knowest.

11 Thou hast not hid thy righteousness in my heart, but hast declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation, and hast not concealed thy mercy and thy truth before the great assembly.

12 O Lord, withhold not thy mercies from me; may thy mercy and thy truth guard me continually;

13 For innumerable troubles have surrounded me; My iniquities have come upon me, so that I cannot see: there are more of them than a hair on my head; My heart has forsaken me.

14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; God! Hurry to help me.

15 Let all be ashamed and put to shame, who seek the destruction of my soul. May those who wish me harm be turned back and ridiculed!

16 Let them be troubled at their shame that say to me, 'Well done! good!"

17 Let all those who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee, and let them that love thy salvation say without ceasing, 'Great is the Lord!'

18 But I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. Thou art my help and my deliverer, O my God! Not slow.

Psalm 40

1 To the head of the choir. Psalm of David.

2 Blessed is he who thinketh of the poor [and needy]! In the day of trouble the Lord will deliver him.

3 The Lord shall preserve him, and preserve his life; blessed shall he be on earth. And you will not give him up to the will of his enemies.

4 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of sickness. Thou shalt change all his bed in his sickness.

5 I said, "Lord! have mercy on me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.

6 My enemies say evil things about me: "When shall he die, and his name perish?"

7 And if any man come to see me, he speaketh a lie; His heart contains unrighteousness in itself, and he goes out and interprets.

8 All those who hate me whisper among themselves against me, plotting evil against me;