0For the choirmaster. Of David. A psalm.
1I waited eagerly for Yahweh, and he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2He brought me up from the pit of destruction, from the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3And he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in Yahweh.
4Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to the proud, nor to those who stray after falsehood.
5Many are the wonders you have done, you, Yahweh my God, and your thoughts toward us; none can be compared to you. Were I to declare and speak them, they are more than can be counted.
6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—ears you have dug open for me—burnt offering and purification offering you did not require.
7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written concerning me.
8To do your will, my God, is my delight, and your law is within my inmost being.”
9I have proclaimed righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not restrain my lips—Yahweh, you know.
10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your loyal love and your truth from the great assembly.
11You, Yahweh, will not withhold your compassions from me; your loyal love and your truth will continually preserve me.
12For evils beyond number have encircled me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I am unable to see; they are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.
13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me; Yahweh, hasten to my help.
14Let them be ashamed and disgraced together, those who seek my life to sweep it away; let them be turned back and humiliated, those who delight in my trouble.
15Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
16Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let those who love your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!”
17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord take thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; my God, do not delay.
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