Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 40. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-40/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-40/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-40-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>I waited patiently for the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-1">he inclined to me and heard my cry.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14528" class="text Ps-40-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>He drew me up from the pit of destruction,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-2">out of the miry bog,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-40-2">and set my feet upon a rock,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-2">making my steps secure.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14529" class="text Ps-40-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>He put a new song in my mouth,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-3">a song of praise to our God.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-40-3">Many will see and fear,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-3">and put their trust in the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14530" class="text Ps-40-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Blessed is the man who makes</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-4">the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> his trust,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-40-4">who does not turn to the proud,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-4">to those who go astray after a lie!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14531" class="text Ps-40-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>You have multiplied, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> my God,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-5">your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-5">none can compare with you!</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-40-5">I will proclaim and tell of them,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-5">yet they are more than can be told.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14532" class="text Ps-40-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-6">but you have given me an open ear.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-40-6">Burnt offering and sin offering</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-6">you have not required.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14533" class="text Ps-40-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Then I said, “Behold, I have come;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-7">in the scroll of the book it is written of me:</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14534" class="text Ps-40-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>I delight to do your will, O my God;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-40-8">your law is within my heart</span></span></p> </div>
