I waited patiently for theLORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,andestablished my goings.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth,evenpraise unto our God: many shall seeit, and fear, and shall trust in theLORD.
Blessedisthat man that maketh theLORDhis trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Many, OLORDmy God,arethy wonderful workswhichthou hast done, and thy thoughtswhich areto us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:ifI would declare and speakof them, they are more than can be numbered.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the bookit iswritten of me,
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy lawiswithin my heart.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, OLORD, thou knowest.
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.
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, OLORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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.
Be pleased, OLORD, to deliver me: OLORD, make haste to help me.
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.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, TheLORDbe magnified.
But Iampoor and needy;yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: thouartmy help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.