Psalm 40:1-11

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Second Sunday after Epiphany

¹I waited patiently for the LORD;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
²He drew me up from the desolate pit,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
³He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.
⁴Happy are those who make
the LORD their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.
⁵You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.
⁶Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
⁷Then I said, "Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart."
⁹I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O LORD.
¹⁰I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
¹¹Do not, O LORD, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.