I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
1 ULT Waiting, I waited for Yahweh, and he inclined 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 ULT And he brought me up from the pit of tumult, from the mud of the mire, and he set my feet on a rock; he established 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 ULT And he put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. Many will see and will fear 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 ULT The happinesses of the man who has made Yahweh his trust, and has not turned to the proud and the goers aside to falsehood! 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 ULT Many{ things} you have done, you, Yahweh my God, your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us; there is none to line up against you. Should I declare and speak{ them}, they are more than to recount. 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 ULT Sacrifice and grain offering you have not desired; ears you have dug for me. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not asked for. 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 ULT Then I said,“Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written about me. BSB BSB: Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 ULT To do your will, my God, I have delighted, and your law{ is} in the midst of my inward parts.” BSB BSB: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 ULT I have proclaimed righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I will not restrain my lips. Yahweh, you, you know. BSB BSB: I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10 ULT I have not concealed your righteousness in the midst of my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not hidden your covenant faithfulness and 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 ULT You, Yahweh, will not withhold your compassion from me; your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness will continually preserve me. BSB BSB: O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 ULT For evils have surrounded me until there is no number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I am not able to see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has abandoned 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 ULT Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; Yahweh, hurry to my help. BSB BSB: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 ULT Let them have shame and have disgrace together, the seekers of my life to sweep it away. Let them be turned back and be confounded, those pleased with my harm. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 ULT Let them be appalled on account of their shame, the ones saying to me,“Aha! Aha!” BSB BSB: May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 ULT Let all the seekers of you rejoice and be glad in you; let the lovers of your salvation say continually,“May Yahweh be great!” 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 ULT And I{ am} poor and needy; the Lord thinks of me. You{ are} my help and my deliverer; 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.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.