• Faith Persevering in Trial

  • 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
  • 2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
  • 3 He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord.
  • 4 Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
  • 5 Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
  • 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
  • 7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
  • 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”
  • 9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know.
  • 10 I 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 assembly.
  • 11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness 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; Therefore my heart fails me.
  • 13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me!
  • 14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life; Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil.
  • 15 Let them be confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
  • 16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”
  • 17 But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.