¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.¹

1. I waited...: Heb. In waiting I waited

² He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.¹

1. an...: Heb. a pit of noise

³ And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

⁴ Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

⁵ Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.¹

1. they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee

⁶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.¹

1. opened: Heb. digged

⁷ Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.¹

1. within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels

⁹ I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

¹² For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart faileth me.¹

1. falleth: Heb. forsaketh

¹³ Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.

¹⁶ Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

¹⁷ But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no delay, O my God.