I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
1 UEB I waited patiently for Yahweh; he listened to me and heard my cry. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 UEB He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure. 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 UEB He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. Many will see it and honor him and will trust in Yahweh. 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 UEB Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies. 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 UEB Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done, and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; if I declared and spoke of them, they would be more than could be counted. 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 UEB You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, but you have opened my ears; you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings. 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 UEB Then said I, "See, I have come; it is written about me in the scroll of the document. BSB BSB: Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 UEB I delight to do your will, my God; your laws are in my heart." BSB BSB: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 UEB I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this. BSB BSB: I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10 UEB I have not concealed your righteousness in my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the 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 UEB Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh; let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me. BSB BSB: O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 UEB Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; they are more than the hairs on my head, and my heart has failed 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 UEB Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; hurry to help me, Yahweh. BSB BSB: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 UEB Let them be ashamed and completely disappointed who pursue my life to take it away. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, those who delight in hurting me. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 UEB Let them be shocked because of their shame, those who say to me, "Aha, aha!" BSB BSB: May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 UEB But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let everyone who loves your salvation say continually, "May Yahweh be praised." 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 UEB I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me. You are my help and you come to my rescue; do not delay, my God. 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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