I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
1 UST I patiently waited for Yahweh{ to help me,} and he was attentive to me and listened when I called out to him. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 UST When bad things were happening to me, it was as though I was in a dangerous pit that was full of mud and slime but he rescued me from those terrible things as though he had lifted me out of the pit and set me onto a solid rock where I could stand securely. 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 UST He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising him, our God. Many people will see{ what he did for me} and will revere 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 UST What a good life the person has who trusts confidently in Yahweh and does not imitate proud people who are loyal to what is false. 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 UST Yahweh my God, you are the one who has done many wonderful things and made{ great} plans for us! No one compares to you. If I tried to tell others about all of those wonderful things, there would be too many for me to mention. 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 UST It is not the sacrifices and offerings that you have wanted{ from me}; instead, you gave me the ability to hear and obey you. Burnt offerings and sin offerings are not what you require{ to forgive my sins}. 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 UST So I said,“Yahweh, here I am,{ ready to do the things that} the scroll of your instruction says about me.” BSB BSB: Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 UST My God, I gladly do what you desire; I deeply treasure your instruction. BSB BSB: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 UST Whenever your people gather together in the large congregation, I tell them about the righteous things{ that you do}. Indeed, Yahweh, certainly you know that I do not stop talking{ about this}. BSB BSB: I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10 UST I have not kept to myself{ the good news} that you are righteous; I have told the large gathering of your people that you are faithful and that you save us. I have not hidden from them that you faithfully love us and are always trustworthy. 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 UST Yahweh, you will not stop being merciful to me. Because you faithfully love me and are always trustworthy,{ I know that} you will continually protect me. BSB BSB: O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 UST I assure myself of this because so many bad things are happening to me that it seems that I cannot even count them. the wrong things that I have done are now affecting me badly, and I cannot see{ a way to fix them}. It seems that they are more numerous than the hairs on my head, and I am very discouraged. 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 UST Yahweh, please rescue me! Yahweh, please come quickly to help me! BSB BSB: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 UST May God completely disgrace all of the people who want to kill me. May God frustrate the people who want me to suffer and may he humiliate them. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 UST May those who mock me, saying,“Ha, Ha!” feel horrified because God has so humiliated them. BSB BSB: May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 UST May all those who come to worship you be very joyful because of you. May those who love that you save them say continually,“Yahweh is 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 UST As for me, I am very poor, but the Lord cares about me. You are the one who rescues me; my God, please do not wait any longer! 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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