⁴ Blessed is the one^(L)
    who trusts in the Lord,^(M)
who does not look to the proud,^(N)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.^[b](O)
5 Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders^(P) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare^(Q) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many^(R) to declare.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(S)
    but my ears you have opened^[c]—^(T)
    burnt offerings^(U) and sin offerings^[d] you did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.^[e](V)
8 I desire to do your will,^(W) my God;^(X)
    your law is within my heart.”^(Y)

⁹ I proclaim your saving acts^(Z) in the great assembly;^(AA)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.^(AB)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness^(AC) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.^(AD)

¹¹ Do not withhold your mercy^(AE) from me, Lord;
    may your love^(AF) and faithfulness^(AG) always protect^(AH) me.
¹² For troubles^(AI) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.^(AJ)
They are more than the hairs of my head,^(AK)
    and my heart fails^(AL) within me.
¹³ Be pleased to save me, Lord;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.^(AM)

¹⁴ May all who want to take my life^(AN)
    be put to shame and confusion;^(AO)
may all who desire my ruin^(AP)
    be turned back in disgrace.
¹⁵ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(AQ)
    be appalled at their own shame.
¹⁶ But may all who seek you^(AR)
    rejoice and be glad^(AS) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(AT)

¹⁷ But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(AU)
    may the Lord think^(AV) of me.
You are my help^(AW) and my deliverer;^(AX)
    you are my God, do not delay.^(AY)

³ Arrogant foes are attacking me;^(F)
    ruthless people^(G) are trying to kill me^(H)—
    people without regard for God.^[c](I)

⁴ Surely God is my help;^(J)
    the Lord is the one who sustains me.^(K)

⁵ Let evil recoil^(L) on those who slander me;
    in your faithfulness^(M) destroy them.

⁶ I will sacrifice a freewill offering^(N) to you;
    I will praise^(O) your name, Lord, for it is good.^(P)
7 You have delivered me^(Q) from all my troubles,
    and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.^(R)

3 ^[a]I am the man who has seen affliction^(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.^(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness^(C) rather than light;
³ indeed, he has turned his hand against me^(D)
    again and again, all day long.

⁴ He has made my skin and my flesh grow old^(E)
    and has broken my bones.^(F)
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness^(G) and hardship.^(H)
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.^(I)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(J)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(K)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,^(L)
    he shuts out my prayer.^(M)
9 He has barred^(N) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.^(O)

¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness^(A) and the gall.^(B)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast^(C) within me.^(D)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the Lord’s great love^(E) we are not consumed,^(F)
    for his compassions never fail.^(G)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.^(H)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;^(I)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;^(J)
26 it is good to wait quietly^(K)
    for the salvation of the Lord.^(L)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,^(M)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
²⁹ Let him bury his face in the dust^(N)—
    there may yet be hope.^(O)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,^(P)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.^(Q)

³¹ For no one is cast off
    by the Lord forever.^(R)
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.^(S)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.^(T)