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¹ I waited patiently for Yahweh,
And he inclined to me
and heard my cry for help.
² And so he brought me up from the roaring pit,^[b]
from the miry clay.
And he put my feet upon a rock;
he made my steps steady.
³ Then he put a new song in my mouth,
a praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and will trust Yahweh.
⁴ Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust
and does not turn to the proud and to those who fall away to a lie.^[c]
5 Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done—
your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us.
There is none to compare with you.
If I tried to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be too numerous to count.
⁶ A sacrifice and offering you do not desire.
My ears you have opened.^[d]
Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.
⁷ Then I said, "Look, I come.
In the scroll of the book
it is written concerning me:
⁸ ‘I delight to do your will, O my God,
and your law is deep within me.'"^[e]
9 I have brought good tidings of righteousness in the great congregation.
Look, I have not shut my lips.
O Yahweh, you surely know that.^[f]
10 Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart.
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation.
I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
¹¹ As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me.
Let your loyal love and your faithfulness
continually preserve me.
¹² For evils without number have encompassed me.
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me.
¹³ Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me.
O Yahweh, hurry to help me.
¹⁴ Let them be shamed and abashed altogether
who seek to take away my life.^[g]
Let them be repulsed and humiliated
who desire my harm.
¹⁵ Let them be appalled because of their shame,
those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
¹⁶ Let them rejoice and be glad in you,
all those who seek you.
Let them say continually, "Yahweh is great!"
—those who love your salvation.
¹⁷ But I am poor and needy.
Let my Lord consider me.
You are my help and my deliverer.
O my God, do not delay.