1 (For the one directing, Of Dovid. Mizmor)

2 I waited patiently for Hashem;

and He inclined unto me,

and heard my cry.

3 Hashem brought me up also out of a horrible pit,

out of the miry clay,

and set my feet upon a rock,

and established my goings.

4 And He hath put a shir chadash in my mouth,

even tehillah (hymn of praise) unto Eloheinu;

many shall see it, and fear,

and shall trust in Hashem.

5 Ashrei is that man that maketh Hashem his trust,

and looketh not to the proud ones,

nor such as turn aside to lies (false g-ds).

6 Many, O Hashem Elohai,

are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done,

and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward;

they cannot be recounted unto Thee;

if I would declare and speak of them,

they are more than can be numbered.

7 Zevach and minchah Thou didst not desire;

mine ears hast Thou pierced;*40:7 cf Ps 22:17

olah (burnt offering) and chata’ah (sin offering) hast Thou not required.

8 Then said I, Hinei, I come;

in the megillat sefer it is written of me,*40:8 cf MJ 10:5-7

9 I delight to do Thy will, O Elohai;

yea, Thy torah is within my heart.

10 I have preached tzedek in the kahal rav (great congregation);

hinei, I have not restrained my lips,

O Hashem, Thou knowest.

11 I have not hid thy tzedek within my lev;

I have declared Thy emunah (faithfulness) and Thy teshuah (salvation);

I have not concealed Thy chesed

and Thy emes from the kahal rav.

12 Withhold not Thou thy rachamim from me, O Hashem;

let Thy chesed and Thy emes continually preserve me.

13 For innumerable evils have compassed me about;

mine avonot (iniquities) have overtaken me,

so that I am not able to look up;

they are more than the hairs of mine head;

therefore my lev faileth me.

14 Be pleased, O Hashem, to deliver me;

O Hashem, make haste to help me.