1. For the leader. A psalm of David.
2. I put my hope in the LORD; He inclined toward me, and heeded my cry.
3. He lifted me out of the miry pit, the slimy clay, and set my feet on a rock, steadied my legs.
4. He put a new song into my mouth, a hymn to our God. May many see it and stand in awe, and trust in the LORD.
5. Happy is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who turns not to the arrogant or to followers of falsehood.
6. You, O LORD my God, have done many things; the wonders You have devised for us cannot be set out before You; I would rehearse the tale of them, but they are more than can be told.
7. You gave me to understand that You do not desire sacrifice and meal offering; You do not ask for burnt offering and sin offering.
8. Then I said, "See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me."
9. To do what pleases You, my God, is my desire; Your teaching is in my inmost parts.
10. I proclaimed [Your] righteousness in a great congregation; see, I did not withhold my words; O LORD, You must know it.
11. I did not keep Your beneficence to myself; I declared Your faithful deliverance; I did not fail to speak of Your steadfast love in a great congregation.
12. O LORD, You will not withhold from me Your compassion; Your steadfast love will protect me always.
13. For misfortunes without number envelop me; my iniquities have caught up with me; I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; I am at my wits' end.
14. O favor me, LORD, and save me; O LORD, hasten to my aid.
15. Let those who seek to destroy my life be frustrated and disgraced; let those who wish me harm fall back in shame.
16. Let those who say "Aha! Aha!" over me be desolate because of their frustration.
17. But let all who seek You be glad and rejoice in You; let those who are eager for Your deliverance always say, "Extolled be the LORD!"
18. But I am poor and needy; may the Lord devise [deliverance] for me. You are my help and my rescuer; my God, do not delay.
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