The One Who Rescues Me
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.
I ahoped earnestly for Yahweh;
And He inclined to me and bheard my cry for help.
2 He brought me up out of the apit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And bHe set my feet upon a high rock, cHe established my steps.
3 He put a anew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will bsee and fear
And will trust in Yahweh.
4 How ablessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,
And bhas not turned to the proud, nor to those who cstray into falsehood.
5 Many, O Yahweh my God, are athe wondrous deeds You have done,
And Your bthoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
I would declare and speak of them,
But they care too numerous to recount.
6 aSacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 aI desire to do Your will, O my God;
bYour law is within my inner being.”
9 I aproclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;
Behold, I do bnot restrain my lips,
O Yahweh, cYou know.
10 I do anot conceal Your righteousness within my heart;
I bspeak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
11 You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your alovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
12 For evils beyond number have asurrounded me;
My biniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are cmore numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my dheart has failed me.
13 aBe pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;
Make bhaste, O Yahweh, to help me.
14 Let those be aashamed and humiliated together
Who bseek my life to sweep it away;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in evil against me.
15 Let those abe appalled because of their shame
Who bsay to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 aLet all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation bsay continually,
“Yahweh be magnified!”
17 As for me, aI am afflicted and needy,
bMay the Lord think of me.
You are my help and the One who rescues me;
Do not delay, O my God.