Psalms 40

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 40?

  1. You Lifted Me Out — Chris Tomlin (2008) Psalms 40:1-3

    The opening and chorus reproduce the sequence of God turning toward the distressed speaker, hearing the plea, lifting the speaker out, and inspiring song. The second verse closely follows the resulting public witness and the acknowledgment of God's many wonders.

  2. So Good To Me — Cory Asbury (2008) Psalms 40:1-3

    The first verse closely reproduces the psalm's sequence of patient waiting, answered crying, rescue from mud, and secure footing. The second verse also reproduces its description of God giving the rescued worshiper a new song.

  3. Wonder — Mercy Chinwo (2023) Psalms 40:1-3

    The recurring combination of personal reversal and receiving a new song reflects Psalm 40's movement from divine rescue to newly given praise.

  4. Your Name (Psalm 40) [Live] — Kingdom Kids & Shane & Shane (2023) Psalms 40:1-5

    The verses and chorus closely follow the psalmist's patient waiting, answered cry, rescue from a muddy pit, secure footing on rock, reception of a new song of praise, and wonder at God's multiplied works.

  5. Lift High The Name Of Jesus - Live — Keith & Kristyn Getty & Sing! (2017) Psalms 40:1-3

    The first verse closely follows the psalm’s sequence of crying to God, being lifted from danger, and being established securely; the ensuing call to sing and proclaim God’s deeds reinforces the connection.

  6. Lift High The Name Of Jesus - Live — Keith & Kristyn Getty & The Getty Girls & Sing! (2021) Psalms 40:1-3

    The first verse closely follows the psalmist’s movement from crying to God, through divine rescue, to being established securely and responding with public praise.

  7. Good News — Mandisa (2017) Psalms 40:1-3

    The sequence of prolonged waiting and prayer, God hearing, divine extraction, renewed joy, and public testimony closely follows this psalm's movement from distress to praise.

  8. Praise The Lord — Phil Wickham (2023) Psalms 40:1-3

    The bridge follows the psalm's distinctive sequence of a cry being heard, rescue being granted, secure footing being established on rock, and continued praise resulting from that deliverance.

  9. Que Milagro — Elevation Español (2024) Psalms 40:1-3

    The image of God's intervention lifting the singer out of mud closely reflects the psalmist's portrayal of rescue from a miry pit.

  10. Lift High The Name Of Jesus - Live — Keith & Kristyn Getty (2013) Psalms 40:1-2

    The first verse recalls crying to God and being lifted onto secure footing, closely following the psalm's sequence of answered prayer and deliverance onto a rock.

  11. One Of The Found — Katy Nichole (2023) Psalms 40:1-2

    The combined imagery of waiting for the Lord, being trapped in a pit, and depending on God to lift the sufferer out closely reflects this psalm's portrayal of divine rescue.

  12. The Roar — Chris Tomlin (2014) Psalms 40:1-2

    The opening closely adapts the psalm's sequence of waiting for God, God's turning toward the petitioner, and God's hearing the plea. The later description of being lifted out reinforces the deliverance imagery of verse 2.

  13. Love Is a Miracle (feat. Bri Babineaux & Majesty Rose) — Maverick City Music & Bri Babineaux & Majesty Rose (2020) Psalms 40:1-3

    The singer's description of being pulled from miry clay reproduces Psalm 40's distinctive image of divine rescue from an inescapable pit.

  14. Dance — Newsboys (2009) Psalms 40:2

    The movement from a deepening hole and mud to God establishing the singer's feet on rock closely adapts Psalm 40:2. This combination of rescue imagery identifies the passage more specifically than a general theme of restoration.

  15. Slow Down Time — Jeremy Camp (2008) Psalms 40:2

    The song connects standing on rock with enduring, secure steps, closely reflecting the psalm's image of God placing the speaker's feet on rock and establishing his footing.

  16. Word of Life — Jeremy Camp (2017) Psalms 40:2-3

    The combination of being brought up from a grave-like condition and receiving a new song closely follows the psalmist's movement from the pit into praise.

  17. Holding Nothing Back — Jesus Culture (2011) Psalms 40:2

    The description of God lifting the worshipper and establishing secure footing closely adapts the psalm's image of deliverance from a pit onto a rock.

  18. This Is Our God — Phil Wickham (2023) Psalms 40:2

    The bridge invokes rescue from a helpless pit that must be delivered from above, mirroring the psalmist's image of being drawn up from the pit and set on firm footing.

  19. Come To Jesus - Live From Passion 2025 — Kristian Stanfill & Passion (2025) Psalms 40:2-3

    The interlude combines three distinctive elements from this psalm: rescue from a pit, secure placement upon a rock, and the gift of a new song.

  20. GOD DID — bodie (2024) Psalms 40:2

    The account of God rescuing the singer from death and establishing his feet on a rock closely follows the psalmist's imagery of deliverance from a pit onto firm footing.

  21. Steady — Blanca (2018) Psalms 40:2

    The image of God providing rock beneath the singer’s feet and making her steady closely echoes the psalmist’s depiction of divine rescue resulting in secure footing.

  22. Grateful — Elevation Worship (2017) Psalms 40:2

    The second verse closely follows the psalm’s sequence of being brought up from a low place and having one’s feet established securely on rock.

  23. God Of My Restoration — Stephen McWhirter & Leeland (2025) Psalms 40:2

    The imagery of being met 'in the mire' and 'in the mud' parallels the sentiment of Psalm 40:2, where God lifts the psalmist out of a pit and sets their feet on solid ground.

  24. Rollin' — Blessing Offor (2023) Psalms 40:2

    The combined imagery of being rescued from a helpless low point and placed upon stable rock closely reflects David's description of God lifting him from danger and establishing secure footing.

  25. Lifeline — Hillsong Young & Free (2013) Psalms 40:2

    The first verse closely adapts the psalm's description of God establishing the rescued person's feet on firm footing. The surrounding movement from danger to stability reinforces this connection.

  26. No Holiday — K3ndrick (2025) Psalms 40:2

    The lyrics reference being set on a rock, which parallels the imagery found in Psalm 40:2, where God lifts the psalmist from a pit and sets their feet on a rock.

  27. More Abundantly Medley - Live — Ricky Dillard (2020) Psalms 40:2

    The testimony about God lifting the singer and establishing his feet on firm ground reproduces Psalm 40’s distinctive rescue imagery.

  28. God Leads Us Along — Gaither Vocal Band (2014) Psalms 40:2

    The final stanza's departure from muddy, entrapping ground recalls the psalmist's rescue from a pit into secure footing. The hymn redirects that deliverance image toward the believer's final passage into eternal life.

  29. Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) — Hillsong UNITED (2019) Psalms 40:2

    The repeated movement from miry clay to secure footing on a rock closely paraphrases the psalmist’s account of divine rescue.

  30. Worthy Of Affection — Shane & Shane (2010) Psalms 40:2-3

    The opening closely follows the psalm's sequence of rescue from muddy ground, secure footing on rock, and a new song. The subsequent description of God's thoughts as too numerous to recount specifically echoes verse 5.

  31. D2D — Anendlessocean (2024) Psalms 40:2

    The song describes God lifting the speaker from miry clay and portrays God's deeds as beyond counting, closely combining the deliverance imagery and innumerable wonders of Psalm 40.

  32. I Thank God — Housefires, JWLKRS Worship, Ryan Ellis, Blake Wiggins (2023) Psalms 40:2

    The chorus closely follows the psalmist's description of divine rescue followed by being established securely upon rock.

  33. He Gave Me a New Song — Amy Grant (2007) Psalms 40:3

    The recurring description of God personally supplying fresh music of praise closely parallels Psalm 40:3, where God places a new song in the psalmist's mouth. The emphasis on receiving the song from God distinguishes this connection from a general reference to singing.

  34. Counting My Blessings - Song Session — Seph Schlueter, Essential Worship (2024) Psalms 40:5

    The song's central image of being unable to number all God has done closely parallels the psalmist's declaration that God's wonderful deeds are too numerous to recount.

  35. Counting My Blessings — Seph Schlueter (2023) Psalms 40:5

    The song closely echoes David's declaration that God's deeds are too numerous to recount. Its movement from fearful prayer to retrospective gratitude also parallels the psalm's testimony of deliverance.

  36. Counting My Blessings - Acoustic — Seph Schlueter (2023) Psalms 40:5

    The song’s central image of being unable to enumerate all God has done closely parallels the psalmist’s declaration that God’s wonders are too numerous to recount.

  37. Counting My Blessings - Collab Version — Seph Schlueter & Matt Maher (2024) Psalms 40:5

    The song’s central image of being unable to enumerate all God has done closely parallels the psalmist’s declaration that God's wondrous deeds are beyond counting.

  38. Passover Prophecy — Chaotic Resemblance (2022) Psalms 40:6-8

    The opening closely follows Hebrews’ Greek-scripture rendering of Psalm 40, including the prepared body, the insufficiency of sacrifices, the written testimony, and the resolve to accomplish God’s will. Hebrews explicitly applies these words to Christ’s willing self-offering.

  39. Morningstar — Debby Boone (2013) Psalms 40:8

    The opening closely adapts the psalmist's declaration that doing God's will is his desire. The surrounding commitment to obedience reinforces this verbal connection.

  40. Aliança - ao vivo — Isadora Pompeo (2024) Psalms 40:13

    The opening appeal closely reproduces the Davidic plea for the Lord to hurry to the worshipper’s aid. The wording shared by these two related psalms is specific enough to indicate a direct scriptural allusion.

Psalms 40 (King James Version)

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.