The Holy Bible

1I waited patiently for the Lord;
and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit,
out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,
and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth,
even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear,
and shall trust in the Lord.   4 Blessed is that man
that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud,
nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O Lord my God,
are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered.   6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering
hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come:
in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God:
yea, thy law is within my heart.   9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness
and thy truth from the great congregation.   11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me,
O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head:
therefore my heart faileth me.   13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me:
O Lord, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together
that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame
that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
that say unto me, Aha, aha.16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually,
The Lord be magnified.   17 But I am poor and needy;
yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer;
make no tarrying, O my God.