I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
1 CPDV Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 CPDV And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps. BSB BSB: He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
3 CPDV And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord. BSB BSB: He 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 CPDV Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods. BSB BSB: Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5 CPDV You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number. BSB BSB: Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
6 CPDV Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require. BSB BSB: Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
7 CPDV Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me: BSB BSB: Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 CPDV that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart. BSB BSB: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 CPDV I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it. BSB BSB: I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10 CPDV I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly. BSB BSB: I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
11 CPDV O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me. BSB BSB: O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 CPDV For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me. BSB BSB: For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
13 CPDV Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me. BSB BSB: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 CPDV Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 CPDV Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.” BSB BSB: May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 CPDV Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.” BSB BSB: May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
17 CPDV But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay. BSB BSB: But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
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