Faith Persevering in Trial
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 Iwaited patiently for theLord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
# Out ofthe miry clay,
# Andset my feet upon a rock,
Andestablished my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will seeitand fear,
And will trust in theLord.
4 Blessedisthat man who makes theLordhis trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, OLordmy God,areYour wonderful works
WhichYou have done;
# And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
IfI would declare and speakofthem,
They are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the bookitiswritten of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
# And Your lawiswithin my heart.”
9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
# Indeed,I do not restrain my lips,
OLord, You Yourself know.
10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, OLord;
# Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
# My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, OLord, to deliver me;
OLord, make haste to help me!
14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
15 Let them beconfounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
# Let such as love Your salvationsay continually,
“TheLordbe magnified!”
17 But Iampoor and needy;
# YettheLordthinks upon me.
Youaremy help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.