^1aTo the choirmaster.↑

A Psalm of David.

^1bI fervently put hope in the Lord,

And he turned to me

And heard my crying out.

²And he brought me up out of a deadly pit,

Out of the miry mud,

And he raised my feet onto a rock,

And he directed my steps.

³And he put a new song in my mouth

– A psalm to our God.

Many will see and fear

And trust in the Lord.

⁴Happy is the man

Who has made the Lord the object of his trust

And who has not turned to the insolent,

Nor to those who turn aside to dishonesty.

⁵O Lord my God,

Your wondrous works which you have performed

Are many,

And your thoughts to us are beyond compare.

I will announce them and speak of them,

Although they are too great to relate.

And your law is in my inner parts.’ ”

⁹I have brought good tidings of righteousness,

In a great convocation;

Look, I have not held my lips back.

O Lord, you know.

¹⁰I have not concealed your righteousness inside my heart,

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;

I have not hidden away your kindness or your truth

From a great convocation.

¹¹O Lord, you do not hold back your mercies from me;

Your kindness and your truth always guard me.

¹²For innumerable evils have surrounded me.

My iniquities have caught up with me,

So that I am unable to see.

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has deserted me.

¹³Be willing, O Lord, to deliver me;

O Lord, hasten to my assistance.

¹⁴May those who seek to destroy my life

Be completely ashamed and disgraced.

May those who delight in my harm

Be driven back

And be made ignominious.

¹⁵May those who say to me, “Ha, ha”

Be devastated on account of their shame.

¹⁶May all those who seek you exult

And rejoice in you.

May those who love your salvation always say,

“Let the Lord be magnified.”

¹⁷But I am poor and needy,

Yet the Lord^* considers me.

You are my helper and my deliverer.

O God of mine, do not delay.

Reference(s) in Chapter 40: v.6 ↔ Hebrews 10:5, Hebrews 10:6, Hebrews 10:8 ● v.7 ↔ Hebrews 10:7, Hebrews 10:9 ● v.8 ↔ Hebrews 10:9.