1<\/sup>Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.<\/span> <\/p>\n