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Psalm 40

1 Dauid deliuered from great danger, doeth magnifie and praiſe the grace of God for his deliuerance, & cõmendeth his prouidence towards all mankinde. 5 Then doeth he promiſe to giue him ſelf wholly to Gods ſeruice, & ſo declareth how God is truely worſhiped. 14 Afterward he giueth thankes & praiſeth God, & hauing complained of his enemies, with good courage he calleth for aide and ſuccour.
¶ To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.I Waited paciently for the Lord, & he inclined vnto me, and heard my crye.
2.He broght me alſo out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie claie, and ſet my fete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.
3.And he hathe put in my mouth a new ſong of praiſe vnto our God: manie ſhal ſe it and feare, and ſhal truſt in the Lord.
4.Bleſſed is the man, that maketh the Lord his truſt, and regardeth not the proude, nor ſuche as turne aſide to lies.
5.O Lord my God, thou haſt made thy wonderful workes ſo manie, that none can counte in ordre to thee thy thoghts toward vs: I wolde declare, & ſpeake of them, but thei are mo then I am able to expreſſe.
6.Sacrifice and offring thou dideſt not deſire: (for mine eares haſt thou prepared) burnt offring and ſin offring haſt thou not required.
7.Then ſaid I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the boke it is writen of me,
8.I deſired to do thy good wil, ô my God: yea, thy Law is within mine heart.
9.I haue declared thy righteouſnes in the great Congregation: lo, I wil not refreine my lippes: ô Lord, thou knoweſt.
10.I haue not hid thy righteouſnes within mine heart, but I haue declared thy trueth and thy ſaluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercie and thy trueth from the great Congregation.
11.Withdraw not thou thy tendre mercie from me, ô Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preſerue me.
12.For innumerable troubles haue compaſſed me: my ſinnes haue taken ſuche holde vpon me, that I am not able to loke vp: yea, they are mo in nomber then the heeres of mine head: therefore mine heart hathe failed me.
13.Let it pleaſe thee, ô Lord, to deliuer me: make haſte, ô Lord, to helpe me.
14.Let them be confounded & put to ſhame together, yt ſeke my ſoule to deſtroye it: let them be driuē backeward and put to rebuke, that deſire mine hurt.
15.Let them be deſtroyed for a rewarde of their ſhame, wc ſaye vnto me, Aha, aha.
16.Let all thé, that ſeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: & let thé, that loue thy ſaluation, ſaye alway, The Lord be praiſed.
17.Thogh I be poore and nedie, the Lord thinketh on me: thou art mine helper & my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying.

Notes

1:a.
Thogh God differred his helpe, yet he paciently abode, til he was heard
2:b.
He hathe deliuered me frõ moſte great dãgers
3:c.
That is, a ſpecial occaſiõ to praiſe him: for Gods benefites are ſo manie occaſiõs for vs to praiſe his Name
4:d.
To follow their example, which he muſt nedes do, that truſteth not onely in the Lord
5:e.
Dauid goeth from one kĩde of Gods fauour to the contemplation of his prouidẽce ouer all, & confeſſeth that his counſels towards vs are farre aboue our capacities: we cã not ſo much as tel thẽm in ordre
6:f.
Thou haſt opened mine eares to vnderſtand the ſpiritual meaning of the ſacrifices and here Dauid eſtemeth the ceremonies of the Law nothing in reſpect of the ſpiritual ſeruice
7:g.
When thou hadeſt opened mine eares & heart, I was readie to obei thee, being aſſured that I was writen in the boke of thine elect for this end
9:h.
In the Church aſſembled in ye Sanctuarie
10:i.
Dauid here nõbreth 5 degrees of our ſaluaciõ: Gods mercie, whereby he pitieth vs: his righteouſnes, which ſignifieth his continual protection, and his trueth, whereby appeareth his conſtant fauour, ſo that hereof procedeth our ſaluation.
12:k.
As touching the iudgement of the fleſh, I was vtterly deſtitute of all counſel, yet faith inwardly moued mine heart to praye.
14:l.
He deſireth that Gods mercie maye contend for him againſt the rage of his enemies.
15:m.
Let the ſame ſhame, and cōfuſion light vpon them, wc they intended to haue broght vpon me.
16:n.
As the faithful alwayes praiſe God for his benefites: ſo the wicked mocke Gods children in their afflictiōs