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| I waited patiently upon the LORD; *
he stooped to me and heard my cry.
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| He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out
of the mire and clay; *
he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure.
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| He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God; *
many shall see, and stand in awe,
and put their trust in the LORD.
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| Happy are they who trust in the LORD! *
they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods.
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| Great things are they that you have done,
O LORD my God!
how great your wonders and your plans for us! *
there is none who can be compared with you.
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| Oh, that I could make them known and tell
them! *
but they are more than I can count.
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| 7
| In sacrifice and offering you take no pleasure
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(you have given me ears to hear you);
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| Burnt-offering and sin-offering you have
not required, *
and so I said, "Behold, I come.
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| 9
| In the roll of the book it is written concerning
me: *
'I love to do your will, O my God;
your law is deep in my heart.'"
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| 10
| I proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation;
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behold, I did not restrain my lips;
and that, O LORD, you know.
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| Your righteousness have I not hidden in my
heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your deliverance; *
I have not concealed your love and faithfulness from the great
congregation.
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| You are the LORD;
do not withhold your compassion from me; *
let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever,
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| 13
| For innumerable troubles have crowded upon
me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see; *
they are more in number than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me.
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| 14
| Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; *
O LORD, make haste to help me.
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| 15
| Let them be ashamed and altogether dismayed
who seek after my life to destroy it; *
let them draw back and be disgraced who take pleasure in my misfortune.
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| Let those who say "Aha!" and gloat
over me be confounded, *
because they are ashamed.
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| Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be
glad; *
let those who love your salvation continually say,
"Great is the LORD!"
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| Though I am poor and afflicted, *
the Lord will have regard for me.
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| You are my helper and my deliverer; *
do not tarry, O my God.
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