Growing Our Vocabulary of Prayer | Prayer on Psalm 40

Sometimes, even when you want to pray, you just don't have the words—especially when you're in pain. That's whyhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/dave-cover/ ( Pastor Dave Cover) turns to the Psalms. Join in as he discusses and prays through https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+40&version=ESV (Psalm 40 ESV): 1 I waited patiently for the Lord;    he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth,    a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear,    and put their trust in the Lord. 4 Blessed is the man who makes    the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud,    to those who go astray after a lie! 5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;    none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them,    yet they are more than can be told. 6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,    but you have given me an open ear.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+40&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14532a (a)] Burnt offering and sin offering    you have not required. 7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;    in the scroll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do your will, O my God;    your law is within my heart.” 9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+40&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14535b (b)]    in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips,    as you know, O Lord. 10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness    from the great congregation. 11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain    your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will    ever preserve me! 12 For evils have encompassed me    beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me,    and I cannot see; they are more