| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. |
| 2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. | 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. |
| 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. | 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. |
| 4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! | 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. |
| 5You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. | 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. |
| 6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. | 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. |
| 7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: | 7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: |
| 8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” | 8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” |
| 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD. | 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. |
| 10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. | 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. |
| 11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! | 11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. |
| 12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails 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. |
| 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me! | 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me. |
| 14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! | 14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. |
| 15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” | 15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame. |
| 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!” | 16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!” |
| 17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! | 17But 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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