Psalms

¹ For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

² And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.

³ Many will see and fear And will trust in Yahweh.

⁴ And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.

⁵ And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, But they are too numerous to recount.

⁶ My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

⁷ In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

⁸ Your law is within my inner being.”

⁹ Behold, I do not restrain my lips, O Yahweh, You know.

¹⁰ I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

¹¹ Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.

¹² My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

¹³ Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.

¹⁴ Who seek my life to sweep it away; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.

¹⁵ Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

¹⁶ Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!”

¹⁷ May the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One who rescues me; Do not delay, O my God.