1 Faith Persevering in Trial To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I Ps. 25:5; 27:14; 37:7 waited patiently for the Lord ; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of Ps. 69:2, 14; Jer. 38:6 the miry clay, And Ps. 27:5 set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
3 Ps. 32:7; 33:3 He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord .
4 Ps. 34:8; 84:12 Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Job 9:10 Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; Ps. 139:17; (Is. 55:8) And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
6 (1 Sam. 15:22); Ps. 51:16; Is. 1:11; (Jer. 6:20; 7:22, 23); Amos 5:22; (Mic. 6:6–8; Heb. 10:5–9) 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 book it is written of me.
8 (Matt. 26:39; John 4:34; 6:38); Heb. 10:7 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is (Ps. 37:31; Jer. 31:33;2 Cor. 3:3) within my heart.”
9 Ps. 22:22, 25 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, Ps. 119:13 I do not restrain my lips, O Lord , You Yourself know.
10 Acts 20:20, 27 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, O Lord ; Ps. 61:7; Prov. 20:28 Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me; Ps. 38:4; 65:3 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 Ps. 70:1 Be pleased, O Lord , to deliver me; O Lord , make haste to help me!
14 Ps. 35:4, 26; 70:2; 71:13 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 be Ps. 73:19 confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 Ps. 70:4 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation Ps. 35:27 say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”
17 Ps. 70:5; 86:1; 109:22 But I am poor and needy; Ps. 40:5;1 Pet. 5:7 Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.