1 I waited patiently for the Lord;

And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 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.

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:

Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,

And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,

And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:

They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:

If I would declare and speak of them,

They are moe than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;

Mine ears hast thou opened:

Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come:

In the volume of the book it is written of me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God:

Yea, thy law is within my heart.

9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:

Lo, I have not refrained my lips,

O Lord, thou knowest.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;

I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation:

I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord:

Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about:

Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up;

They are moe than the hairs of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me:

O Lord, make haste to help me.

14 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.

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame

That say unto me, Aha, aha!

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:

Let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me:

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

Make no tarrying, O my God.