Psalm 40:1
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I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me and heard my cry.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
For the choir director. A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.
I put all my hope in the Lord. He leaned down to me; he listened to my cry for help.
For the leader. A psalm of David:
(A psalm by David for the music leader.) I patiently waited, Lord, for you to hear my prayer. You listened
To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
To the director: A song of David. I called to the Lord, and he heard me. He heard my cries.
David wrote this song for the music leader. I was patient while I waited for the Lord to help me. He turned towards me, and he heard me when I called to him.
I waited and waited for the Lord. Then he turned to me and heard my cry.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord. He ·turned [bent down; inclined; stooped] to me and heard my cry.
1 David delivered from great danger doth magnify and praise the grace of God for his deliverance, and commendeth his providence toward all mankind. 5 Then doth he promise to give himself wholly to God’s service, and so declareth how God is truly worshipped. 14 Afterwards he giveth thanks and praiseth God, and having complained of his enemies, with good courage he calleth for aid and succor. To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
For the choir director; a psalm by David. I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
I waited patiently for the Lord's help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
For the director of music. A song of David. I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry.
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. I waited expectantly for the Lord, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.
To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
For the music director. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
I waited patiently for God to help me; then he listened and heard my cry.
I waited and waited and waited for God. At last he looked; finally he listened. He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud. He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn’t slip. He taught me how to sing the latest God-song, a praise-song to our God. More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to God.
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me, and heard my cry.
For the choir director; a psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
For the leader. A psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord; And He reached down to me and heard my cry.
I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
For the director. A psalm of David.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry.
For the music director, a psalm of David. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
I did not give up waiting for the Lord. And He turned to me and heard my cry.
For the choir director: A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
(40:2)(For the one directing, Of Dovid. Mizmor) I waited patiently for Hashem; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
For the music director, a psalm of David.
For the worship leader. A song of David. I waited a long time for the Eternal; He finally knelt down to hear me. He listened to my weak and whispered cry.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
For victory, the psalm of David. I abiding abode the Lord; and he gave attention to me. And he heard my prayers; (To victory, the song of David. Patiently waiting, I waited for the Lord; and he gave attention to me. And he heard my prayers;)
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
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