1 Esperei confiantemente pelo Senhor;
ele se inclinou para mim e me ouviu quando clamei por socorro.
2 Tirou-me de um poço de perdição,
de um tremedal de lama;
colocou-me os pés sobre uma rocha
e me firmou os passos.
3 E me pôs nos lábios um novo cântico,
um hino de louvor ao nosso Deus;
muitos verão essas coisas, temerão
e confiarão no Senhor.
4 Bem-aventurado o homem
que põe no Senhor a sua confiança
e não pende para os arrogantes,
nem para os afeiçoados à mentira.
5 São muitas, Senhor, Deus meu,
as maravilhas que tens operado
e também os teus desígnios para conosco;
ninguém há que se possa igualar contigo.
Eu quisera anunciá-los e deles falar,
mas são mais do que se pode contar.
6 Sacrifícios e ofertas não quiseste;
abriste os meus ouvidos;
holocaustos e ofertas pelo pecado não requeres.
7 Então, eu disse: eis aqui estou,
no rolo do livro está escrito a meu respeito;
8 agrada-me fazer a tua vontade, ó Deus meu;
dentro do meu coração, está a tua lei.
9 Proclamei as boas-novas de justiça
na grande congregação;
jamais cerrei os lábios,
tu o sabes, Senhor.
10 Não ocultei no coração a tua justiça;
proclamei a tua fidelidade e a tua salvação;
não escondi da grande congregação
a tua graça e a tua verdade.
11 Não retenhas de mim, Senhor, as tuas misericórdias;
guardem-me sempre a tua graça e a tua verdade.
12 Não têm conta os males que me cercam;
as minhas iniquidades me alcançaram,
tantas, que me impedem a vista;
são mais numerosas que os cabelos de minha cabeça,
e o coração me desfalece.
13 Praza-te, Senhor, em livrar-me;
dá-te pressa, ó Senhor, em socorrer-me.
14 Sejam à uma envergonhados e cobertos de vexame
os que me demandam a vida;
tornem atrás e cubram-se de ignomínia
os que se comprazem no meu mal.
15 Sofram perturbação por causa da sua ignomínia
os que dizem: Bem feito! Bem feito!
16 Folguem e em ti se rejubilem
todos os que te buscam;
os que amam a tua salvação
digam sempre: O Senhor seja magnificado!
17 Eu sou pobre e necessitado,
porém o Senhor cuida de mim;
tu és o meu amparo e o meu libertador;
não te detenhas, ó Deus meu!
1 I waited patiently for Jehovah;
And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;
And he 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 Jehovah.
4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust,
And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
They cannot be set in order unto thee;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in;
Mine ears hast thou opened:
Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I am come;
In the roll 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 proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly;
Lo, I will not refrain my lips,
O Jehovah, 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 assembly.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah;
Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about;
Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
And my heart hath failed me.
13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me:
Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together
That seek after my soul to destroy it:
Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor
That delight in my hurt.
15 Let them be desolate by reason 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,
Jehovah 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.
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.
4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. [^1]
5 Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire — but my ears you have opened "— burnt offerings and sin offerings "you did not require.
7 Then I said, "Here I am, I have come — it is written about me in the scroll. [^4]
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart."
9 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
12 For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me.
14 May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, "The LORD is great!"
17 But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.