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1 — I waited patiently for the Lord;
and he inclined unto me,
and heard my cry.

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.

3 — And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
even praise unto 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 to us‑ward:
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:
if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered.

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

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.

9 — I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained 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 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.

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 unto 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 tarrying, O my God.