1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. 2 With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. 3 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps. 4 And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies. 6 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number. 7◆ Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require: 8 Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me 9 That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart. 10 I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it. 11 I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council. 12 Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me. 13 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me. 14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me. 15 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me. 16 Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: Tis well, tis well. 17 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified. 18 But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.
Salmos · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Salmo 39 (40) Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), en inglés, leído por Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 40 · Sobre las grabaciones
Notas sobre este texto (2)
- Las Biblias griegas y latinas numeran la mayoría de los Salmos un número por debajo de las hebreas y las españolas.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
Referencias cruzadas (18)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info. Las referencias usan la numeración hebrea (la de las Biblias inglesas); los enlaces abren el pasaje en DRB.
- 1 Salmo 27:13–14; Salmo 37:7; Santiago 5:7–11; Salmo 34:15; Salmo 116:2
- 2 Salmo 27:13–14; Salmo 37:7; Santiago 5:7–11; Salmo 34:15; Salmo 116:2
- 3 Salmo 37:23; Salmo 119:133; Salmo 27:5; Salmo 61:2; Mateo 7:24–25
- 4 Salmo 33:3; Salmo 103:1–5; Salmo 34:1–6; Salmo 52:6; Salmo 144:9
- 5 Jeremías 17:7–8; Salmo 84:11–12; Salmo 34:8; Salmo 125:5; Salmo 118:8–9
- 6 Jeremías 29:11; Éxodo 15:11; Salmo 139:17–18; Salmo 71:15; Salmo 92:5
- 7 Hebreos 10:5–12; Isaías 1:11; 1 Samuel 15:22; Salmo 51:16; Oseas 6:6
- 8 Hebreos 10:7–9; Lucas 24:44; Juan 5:39; Lucas 24:27; 1 Corintios 15:3–4
- 9 Romanos 7:22; Juan 4:34; Jeremías 15:16; Salmo 119:16; Salmo 119:24
- 10 Salmo 22:25; Marcos 16:15–16; Salmo 71:15–18; Salmo 22:22; Hebreos 2:12
- 11 Romanos 1:16–17; Hechos 20:20–21; 1 Timoteo 1:15; Romanos 10:9–10; Lucas 2:30–32
- 12 Salmo 23:6; Salmo 43:3; Salmo 57:3; Proverbios 20:28; Salmo 69:16
- 13 Salmo 38:4; Salmo 73:26; Salmo 69:4; Isaías 53:6; Salmo 116:3
- 14 Salmo 38:22; Salmo 25:17–18; Salmo 70:1–5; Salmo 22:19; Salmo 71:12
- 15 Salmo 35:4; Salmo 35:26; Juan 18:6; Isaías 45:24; Salmo 9:3
- 16 Salmo 35:25; Salmo 35:21; Salmo 69:24–25; Lucas 19:43–44; Salmo 70:3–4
- 17 Salmo 35:27; Salmo 68:3; Salmo 119:123; Hechos 19:17; Isaías 65:13–14
- 18 Salmo 70:5; Hebreos 13:6; Isaías 41:17; Salmo 34:6; 1 Pedro 5:7
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
¿Por qué mi Biblia dice algo distinto?
- Salmo 40:6 y Hebreos 10:5: ¿«oídos» o «un cuerpo»?
En el texto hebreo del Salmo 40, Dios ha «cavado» o «abierto» los oídos del salmista. En la Septuaginta griega (Salmo 39:7), Dios le ha «preparado un cuerpo», y la Epístola a los Hebreos cita ese texto griego al hablar de la venida de Cristo al mundo. La Iglesia ortodoxa lee el griego. Los estudiosos siguen debatiendo cómo surgió la lectura griega.
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés. Versículos con numeración hebrea: 40.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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… of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God." But let him not seek the empty honors of a famous name upon earth, for "Blessed is the man that maketh the name of the Lord his trust, and respecteth not vanities nor lying follies." After having presented the two cities, the one founded in the material good of this …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… were slain as a shadow of that which was to come; wherefore also we recognize the voice in the 40th Psalm as that of the same Mediator speaking through prophesy, "Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not desire; but a body hast Thou perfected for me." Because, instead of all these sacrifices and oblations, His body is offered, and is served …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)