Scripture Reading, December 29, 2024
Psalm 40:1-8
1 I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; and He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
and He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear
and will trust in Yahweh.
4 How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.
5 Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; there is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, but they are too numerous to recount.
6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; my ears You have opened;
burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.”
2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
and He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear
and will trust in Yahweh.
4 How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.
5 Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; there is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, but they are too numerous to recount.
6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; my ears You have opened;
burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.”