| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. | 1For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help. |
| 2He 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. | 2He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing. |
| 3He 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. | 3He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD! |
| 4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. | 4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars! |
| 5Many, 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. | 5O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount! |
| 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. | 6Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings. |
| 7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: | 7Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. |
| 8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” | 8I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts." |
| 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. | 9I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true. |
| 10I 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. | 10I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. |
| 11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. | 11O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me! |
| 12For 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. | 12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me. |
| 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me. | 13Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me! |
| 14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. | 14May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! |
| 15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame. | 15May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be humiliated and disgraced! |
| 16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!” | 16May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the LORD be praised!" |
| 17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay. | 17I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay! |
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