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Ps 70:1–5
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.
1I waited patiently for the Lord, # Ps 37:7
and He turned to me and heard my cry.
2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, # Ps 27:5
and established my steps. # Ps 37:23
3He has put a new song in my mouth, # Ps 33:3
praise to our God;
many will see it and fear, # Ps 52:6
and will trust in the Lord.
4Blessed is the man
who makes the Lord # Ps 34:8 his trust,
who does not turn to the proud, # Ps 125:5
to those who go astray after lies.
5You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
Your wondrous deeds # Ps 136:4
and Your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with You.
if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered. # Ps 71:15
6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; # 1Sa 15:22; Ps 51:16
my ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering
You have not required.
7Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me. # Lk 24:44
8I delight to do Your will, O my God; # Ps 119:16; Jn 4:34
Your law is within my heart.”
9I have proclaimed the glad news of righteousness in the great congregation; # Ps 22:25
behold, I have not restrained my lips, # Ps 119:13
O Lord, as You know.
10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
from the great congregation.
11Withhold not Your mercy from me, O Lord;
let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. # Ps 43:3; 57:3
12For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me, # Ps 38:4 so that I am not able to look up;
they are more than the hairs of my head; # Ps 69:4
therefore my heart fails me.
13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me. # Ps 38:22; 70
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together
who seek to snatch away my life;
let them be driven backward and dishonored
who desire my hurt. # Ps 35:4, 26
15Let them be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, aha!” # Ps 35:21, 25
16Let all those who seek You
rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!” # Ps 35:27
17But I am poor and needy;
yet the Lord is mindful of me. # 1Pe 5:7
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God. # Ps 70:5