My Help and My Deliverer
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 I Ps. 27:14;37:7waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and Ps. 39:12heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from [Jer. 38:6] the pit of destruction,
out of Ps. 69:2,14the miry bog,
and Ps. 27:5set my feet upon a rock,
Ps. 37:23making my steps secure.
3 He put See Ps. 33:3a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will Ps. 52:6;64:8,9;Deut. 13:11see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who See Ps. 2:12makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who Ps. 101:3;125:5;Lev. 19:4;Deut. 29:18;Job 23:11;Hos. 3:1go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your Ps. 9:1;Ex. 15:11wondrous deeds and your Ps. 92:5;139:17;Isa. 55:8thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are Ps. 71:15;139:18more than can be told.
6 Ps. 51:16;1 Sam. 15:22;Cited Heb. 10:5-7;See Prov. 21:3In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open See Job 33:16ear.40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written Luke 24:44of me:
8 Ps. 119:16,24,35,92;[John 4:34] I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is See Ps. 37:31within my heart."
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
in See Ps. 22:25the great congregation;
behold, I have not Ps. 119:13;[Acts 20:20,27] restrained my lips,
Josh. 22:22as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your Ps. 57:3;61:7;Prov. 20:28;See Ps. 36:5steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have Ps. 116:3encompassed me
beyond number;
my Ps. 38:4iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot [Ps. 38:10] see;
they are Ps. 69:4more than the hairs of my head;
my heart Ps. 73:26fails me.
13 For ver. 13-17, see Ps. 70:1-5Be pleased, O Lord, to Ps. 22:20deliver me!
O Lord, Ps. 22:19;38:22;71:12;141:1make haste to help me!
14 Ps. 35:4,26;71:13Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be Ps. 6:10turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who Ps. 35:21,25;70:3say to me, "Aha, Aha!"
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
Ps. 35:27say continually, "Great is the Lord!"
17 As for me, I am Ps. 86:1;109:22poor and needy,
but [1 Pet. 5:7]the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!