| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. I waited patiently for the LORD, and He turned to me and heard my cry for help. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4How happy is the man who has put his trust in the LORD and has not turned to the proud or to those who run after lies! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5 LORD my God, You have done many things-- Your wonderful works and Your plans for us; none can compare with You. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; You open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then I said, "See, I have come; it is written about me in the volume of the scroll. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction lives within me." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed-- as You know, LORD. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart; I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal Your constant love and truth from the great assembly. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11 LORD, do not withhold Your compassion from me; Your constant love and truth will always guard me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my courage leaves me. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13 LORD, be pleased to deliver me; hurry to help me, LORD. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Let those who seek to take my life be disgraced and confounded. Let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let those who say to me, "Aha, aha!" be horrified because of their shame. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; let those who love Your salvation continually say," The LORD is great!" |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I am afflicted and needy; the Lord thinks of me. You are my helper and my deliverer; my God, do not delay. |
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