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Psalms Chapter 40

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Psalms

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The psalmist recalls God’s steadfast love and his own repentance after being rescued from the grave. He declares that the Lord will keep his covenant and that his life will be a testimony of faith. He also says that he will not follow the path of the wicked.

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(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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Psalms 27:13Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:7James 5:7James 5:8James 5:9James 5:10James 5:11Psalms 116:2Psalms 130:2Daniel 9:18

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Psalms 61:1Psalms 141:1

(2) He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Psalms 18:16Psalms 18:17Psalms 71:20Psalms 86:13Psalms 116:3Psalms 142:6Psalms 142:7Psalms 143:3Isaiah 24:22Jonah 2:5Jonah 2:6Zechariah 9:11

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Daniel 2:41Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Revelation 9:2Daniel 2:43

(3) And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
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Psalms 33:3Psalms 144:9Revelation 5:9Revelation 5:10Revelation 14:3Psalms 103:1Psalms 103:2Psalms 103:3Psalms 103:4Psalms 103:5Isaiah 12:1Isaiah 12:2

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 149:1Psalms 150:1

(4) Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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Psalms 2:12Psalms 34:8Psalms 84:11Psalms 84:12Psalms 118:8Psalms 118:9Jeremiah 17:7Jeremiah 17:8Romans 15:12Romans 15:13Psalms 15:4Psalms 101:3

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II Samuel 2:21Ruth 4:1II Samuel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11

(5) Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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Psalms 136:4Exodus 11:8Exodus 15:11Job 5:9Job 9:10Job 26:14Psalms 71:15Psalms 92:5Psalms 139:6Psalms 139:17Psalms 139:18Isaiah 55:8

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Ecclesiastes 1:15Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

(6) Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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Psalms 50:8Psalms 51:16I Samuel 15:22Isaiah 1:11Isaiah 66:3Jeremiah 7:21Jeremiah 7:22Jeremiah 7:23Hosea 6:6Matthew 9:13Matthew 12:7Hebrews 10:5

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Psalms 92:11I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17

(7) Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
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Hebrews 10:7Hebrews 10:8Hebrews 10:9Genesis 3:15Luke 24:27Luke 24:44John 5:39Acts 10:43I Corinthians 15:3I Corinthians 15:4I Peter 1:10I Peter 1:11

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I Chronicles 29:29Hebrews 10:7Revelation 22:19II Kings 22:13II Chronicles 16:11II Chronicles 20:34

(8) I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Psalms 112:1Psalms 119:16Psalms 119:24Psalms 119:47Psalms 119:92Job 23:12Jeremiah 15:16John 4:34Romans 7:22Romans 8:29Psalms 37:30Psalms 37:31

(9) I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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Psalms 22:22Psalms 22:25Psalms 35:18Psalms 71:15Psalms 71:16Psalms 71:17Psalms 71:18Mark 16:15Mark 16:16Luke 4:16Luke 4:17Luke 4:18

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Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(10) I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
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Ezekiel 2:7Ezekiel 3:17Ezekiel 3:18Acts 20:20Acts 20:21Acts 20:26Acts 20:27Romans 10:9Romans 10:10I Thessalonians 1:8Revelation 22:17Romans 1:16

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Isaiah 65:16Psalms 119:142Isaiah 45:8Isaiah 46:13Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(11) Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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Psalms 69:13Psalms 69:16Psalms 23:6Psalms 43:3Psalms 57:3Psalms 61:7Psalms 85:10Hebrews 5:7

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Psalms 51:1Psalms 69:16Psalms 103:4

(12) For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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Psalms 22:11Psalms 22:12Psalms 22:13Psalms 22:14Psalms 22:15Psalms 22:16Psalms 22:17Psalms 22:18Psalms 22:19Hebrews 4:15Psalms 38:4Isaiah 53:6

(13) Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
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Psalms 25:17Psalms 25:18Matthew 26:36Matthew 26:37Matthew 26:38Matthew 26:39Matthew 26:40Matthew 26:41Matthew 26:42Matthew 26:43Matthew 26:44Psalms 38:22

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Psalms 70:1Psalms 37:40

(14) Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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Psalms 31:17Psalms 31:18Psalms 35:4Psalms 35:26Psalms 70:2Psalms 70:3Psalms 71:13Isaiah 41:11Isaiah 45:24Matthew 21:38Matthew 21:39Matthew 21:40

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Psalms 70:2Isaiah 54:4Psalms 69:6Ezekiel 34:16Jeremiah 17:18Psalms 35:4

(15) Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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Psalms 69:24Psalms 69:25Psalms 70:3Psalms 73:19Psalms 109:6Psalms 109:7Psalms 109:8Psalms 109:9Psalms 109:10Psalms 109:11Psalms 109:12Psalms 109:13

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Psalms 70:3Psalms 35:21Jeremiah 12:11Ezekiel 25:3Ezekiel 29:12

(16) Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
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Psalms 22:26Psalms 35:27Psalms 68:3Psalms 105:3Isaiah 65:13Isaiah 65:14Psalms 119:81Psalms 119:111Psalms 119:123Psalms 119:166Psalms 119:167Matthew 13:45

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Psalms 70:4Song of Solomon 1:4Isaiah 66:10Luke 6:32I Chronicles 16:11Psalms 35:27

(17) But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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Psalms 40:5Psalms 34:6Psalms 69:33Psalms 70:5Isaiah 41:17Matthew 8:20II Corinthians 8:9James 2:5I Peter 2:23I Peter 5:7Psalms 54:4Isaiah 50:7

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Psalms 70:5Deuteronomy 15:11Psalms 35:10Psalms 72:13

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