I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
1 WBS To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; 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 WBS He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 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 WBS And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it , and fear, and shall trust 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 WBS Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside 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 WBS Many, O LORD, my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered. 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 WBS Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. 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 WBS Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, BSB BSB: Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 WBS I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. BSB BSB: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 WBS I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. BSB BSB: I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10 WBS I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 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 WBS Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. BSB BSB: O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 WBS For innumerable evils have encompassed me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart faileth 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 WBS Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. BSB BSB: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 WBS Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 WBS Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha. BSB BSB: May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 WBS Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, 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 WBS But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no delay, O 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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