13SMEAR FROM ME SO LET ME BE CHEERFUL <IN> BEFORE I WILL GO AND THERE NOT [WILL BE] ME 13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER OF DAVID A PSALM I Waited Patiently for the LORD (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18) 0For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1CERTAINLY <TO WAIT> I WAITED FOR YAHWEH AND HE STRETCHED OUT TO ME AND HE HEARD CRY FOR HELP MY 1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2AND HE BROUGHT UP ME FROM A PIT OF ROARING FROM [THE] MUD OF THE MIRE AND HE SET ON A ROCK FEET MY HE ESTABLISHED STEPS MY 2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
3AND HE PUT IN MOUTH MY A SONG NEW PRAISE TO GOD OUR THEY WILL SEE MANY [PEOPLE] SO THEY MAY FEAR AND THEY MAY TRUST IN YAHWEH 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
4HOW BLESSED! [IS] THE MAN WHO HE HAS MADE YAHWEH TRUST HIS AND NOT HE HAS TURNED TO PROUD PEOPLE AND [THOSE WHO] FALL AWAY OF FALSEHOOD 4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.*NoteCloseOr who turn aside to false gods or who run after lies
5MANY YOU HAVE MADE YOU O YAHWEH GOD MY WONDERS YOUR AND PLANS YOUR TO US NOT TO COMPARE TO YOU I WILL DECLARE AND I WILL SPEAK THEY ARE [TOO] NUMEROUS FOR RECOUNTING 5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
6SACRIFICE AND OFFERING NOT YOU DESIRED EARS YOU DUG FOR ME BURNT OFFERING AND SIN OFFERING NOT YOU ASKED FOR 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened.*NoteCloseHebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
7THEN I SAID HERE! I HAVE COME IN [THE] SCROLL OF [THE] BOOK [IT IS] WRITTEN ON ME 7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
8TO DO WILL YOUR O GOD MY I DESIRE AND LAW YOUR [IS] IN [THE] MIDST OF INWARD PARTS MY 8I delight to do Your will, O my God;*NoteCloseCited in Hebrews 10:5–7 Your law is within my heart.”
9I HAVE BORNE NEWS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN [THE] ASSEMBLY GREAT HERE! LIPS MY NOT I RESTRAIN O YAHWEH YOU YOU KNOW 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10RIGHTEOUSNESS YOUR NOT I HAVE CONCEALED IN [THE] MIDST OF HEART MY FAITHFULNESS YOUR AND SALVATION YOUR I HAVE SPOKEN NOT I HAVE HIDDEN COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR AND FAITHFULNESS YOUR TO [THE] ASSEMBLY GREAT 10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
11YOU O YAHWEH NOT YOU WILL WITHHOLD COMPASSION<S> YOUR FROM ME COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR AND FAITHFULNESS YOUR CONTINUALLY THEY PRESERVE ME 11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12FOR THEY HAVE SURROUNDED <ON> ME TROUBLES UNTIL THERE NOT [WAS] NUMBER THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN ME INIQUITIES MY AND NOT I AM ABLE TO SEE THEY ARE NUMEROUS MORE THAN [THE] HAIRS OF HEAD MY AND HEART MY IT HAS ABANDONED ME 12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
13BE PLEASED O YAHWEH TO DELIVER ME O YAHWEH TO HELP MY MAKE HASTE! 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14MAY THEY BE ASHAMED AND THEY MAY BE ABASHED ALTOGETHER [THOSE WHO] SEEK <OF> LIFE MY TO SNATCH AWAY IT MAY THEY BE TURNED BACK BACKWARDS AND MAY THEY BE HUMILIATED [THE] [PEOPLE] DESIROUS OF HARM MY 14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15MAY THEY BE APPALLED ON [THE] CONSEQUENCE OF SHAME THEIR THOSE [WHO] SAY TO ME AHA! AHA! 15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16MAY THEY EXULT AND THEY MAY REJOICE IN YOU ALL [THOSE WHO] SEEK YOU MAY THEY SAY CONTINUALLY HE IS GREAT YAHWEH [THOSE WHO] LOVE <OF> SALVATION YOUR 16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
17AND I [AM] POOR AND NEEDY [THE] LORD MAY HE THINK TO ME [ARE] HELP MY AND DELIVERER MY YOU O GOD MY MAY NOT YOU DELAY 17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.