I Waited Patiently for the LORD
(Psalms 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the LORD; Psa 27:13-14Psa 37:7Jas 5:7-11Psa 116:2Psa 34:15Dan 9:18Psa 130:2
He inclined to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, Psa 37:23Psa 119:133Psa 27:5Mat 7:24-25Psa 61:2Psa 71:20Jon 2:5-6Psa 69:2
out of the miry clay;
He set my feet upon a rock,
and made my footsteps firm.
He put a new song in my mouth, Psa 33:3Psa 103:1-5Psa 34:1-6Psa 52:6Isa 12:1-4Psa 144:9Psa 35:27Rev 14:3
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
Blessed is the man Jer 17:7-8Psa 84:11-12Psa 125:5Psa 34:8Psa 118:8-9Psa 2:12Rom 15:12-132Th 2:9-11
who has made the LORD his trust,
who has not turned to the proud,
nor to those who lapse into falsehood. 1
Many, O LORD my God, Jer 29:11Exo 15:11Psa 139:17-18Psa 71:15Psa 92:5Psa 136:4Isa 55:8-9Job 9:10
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.
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, Heb 10:5-12Isa 1:111Sa 15:22Psa 51:16Hos 6:6Mat 9:13Mat 12:7Amo 5:22
but my ears You have opened. 2
Burnt offerings and sin offerings
You did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— Heb 10:7-9Luk 24:44Jhn 5:39Luk 24:271Co 15:3-41Pe 1:10-11Act 10:43Rev 19:10
it is written about me in the scroll:
I delight to do Your will, O my God; 3 Rom 7:22Jhn 4:34Jer 15:16Psa 119:16Psa 119:24Psa 119:47Psa 37:30-31Jer 31:33
Your law is within my heart.”
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; Psa 22:25Mrk 16:15-16Psa 22:22Psa 71:15-18Heb 2:12Psa 119:13Psa 35:18Luk 4:16-22
behold, I do not seal my lips,
as You, O LORD, do know.
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; Rom 1:16-17Act 20:20-211Ti 1:15Rom 10:9-101Th 1:8Luk 2:30-32Act 13:32-33Act 20:26-27
I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation;
I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness
from the great assembly.
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Psa 23:6Psa 43:3Psa 57:3Pro 20:28Psa 69:16Psa 61:7Psa 69:13Psa 85:10
Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
For evils without number surround me; Psa 38:4Psa 73:26Psa 69:4Isa 53:6Luk 18:13-14Psa 116:3Psa 19:121Pe 3:18
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.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Psa 25:17-18Psa 38:22Psa 70:1-5Mat 26:36-44Psa 22:19Psa 71:12
hurry, O LORD, to help me.
May those who seek my life Psa 35:26Psa 35:4Isa 45:24Jhn 18:6Psa 71:13Psa 31:17-18Psa 9:3Act 12:23-24
be ashamed and confounded;
may those who wish me harm
be repelled and humiliated.
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” Psa 35:21Psa 35:25Psa 69:24-25Luk 19:43-44Luk 21:23-24Psa 109:6-20Psa 70:3-4Psa 73:19
be appalled at their own shame.
May all who seek You Psa 35:27Psa 68:3Act 19:17Psa 119:123Isa 65:13-14Luk 1:46-47Php 3:7-9Psa 105:3
rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation
always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
But I am poor and needy; Psa 70:5Heb 13:6Isa 41:171Pe 5:7Psa 34:6Psa 54:4Psa 86:11Pe 2:23
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and deliverer;
O my God, do not delay.