Faith Persevering in Trial
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of athe miry clay,
And bset my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
Out of athe miry clay,
And bset my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 aHe has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
4 aBlessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 aMany, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
bAnd 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.
Which You have done;
bAnd 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 aSacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
9 aI have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, bI do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
In the great assembly;
Indeed, bI do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
10 aI 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.
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;
aLet Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
aLet Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
aMy 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.
aMy 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.
14 aLet them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my1 life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
Who seek to destroy my1 life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
16 aLet all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation bsay continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
Let such as love Your salvation bsay continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
17 aBut I am poor and needy;
bYet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
bYet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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