1 I waited patiently for Yahweh.

He turned to me, and heard my cry.

2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit,

out of the miry clay.

He set my feet on a rock,

and gave me a firm place to stand.

3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.

Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust,

and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,

and your thoughts which are toward us.

They can’t be declared back to you.

If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

6 Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire.

You have opened my ears.

You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come.

It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

8 I delight to do your will, my God.

Yes, your law is within my heart."

9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.

Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart.

I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation.

I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

11 Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh.

Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me.

My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.

They are more than the hairs of my head.

My heart has failed me.

13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.

Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it.

Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.

Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!"

17 But I am poor and needy.

May the Lord think about me.

You are my help and my deliverer.

Don’t delay, my God.

1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Psalm van Dawid.

2 Ek het die HERE lank verwag, en Hy het Hom na my toe neergebuig en my hulpgeroep gehoor;

3 en Hy het my uit die kuil van vernietiging, uit die modderige slyk opgetrek en my voete op 'n rots gestel; Hy het my gange vasgemaak.

4 En Hy het 'n nuwe lied in my mond gegee, 'n lofsang tot eer van onse God. Baie sal dit sien en vrees en op die HERE vertrou.

5 Welgeluksalig is die man wat sy vertroue in die HERE stel en hom nie wend tot hoogmoediges en leuendienaars nie.

6 Groot dinge het U gedoen, HERE my God -- u wonders en gedagtes vir ons; niemand kan met U vergelyk word nie. Wil ek dit verkondig en uitspreek, dan is dit te veel om te vertel.

7 U het geen behae in slagoffer of spysoffer nie; ore het U vir my gegrawe; brandoffer en sondoffer het U nie geëis nie.

8 Toe het ek gesê: Kyk, ek kom; in die boekrol is dit my voorgeskrywe.

9 Ek het lus, o my God, om u welbehae te doen, en u wet is binne-in my ingewande.

10 Ek het 'n blye boodskap van geregtigheid in die groot vergadering verkondig; kyk, my lippe bedwing ek nie. HERE, U weet dit.

11 U geregtigheid bedek ek nie binne-in my hart nie; van u trou en u heil spreek ek; u goedertierenheid en u trou verberg ek nie vir die groot vergadering nie.

12 U, o HERE, sal u barmhartighede van my nie terughou nie; laat u goedertierenheid en u trou my altyddeur behoed.

13 Want onheile sonder getal het my omring; my ongeregtighede het my ingehaal, en ek kan nie sien nie; hulle is meer as die hare van my hoof, en my hart het my verlaat.

14 Laat dit U behaag, HERE, om my te red; HERE, maak tog gou om my te help!

15 Laat hulle wat my lewe soek, om dit weg te ruk, tesame beskaamd staan en rooi van skaamte word; laat hulle wat behae het in my onheil, agteruitwyk en in die skande kom.

16 Laat hulle wat vir my sê: Ha, ha! vanweë hul beskaming verskrik wees!

17 Laat almal wat U soek, in U vrolik en bly wees; laat die liefhebbers van u heil altyddeur sê: Groot is die HERE! [ (Psalms 40:18) Al is ek ellendig en behoeftig -- die Here dink aan my; U is my hulp en my redder; my God, vertoef tog nie! ]