I Waited Patiently for Yahweh
(Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)

1For the one directing. A Psalm of David.

1 I have waited patiently for, YHWH!

And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2And He brought me up from the pit of desolation,

from the mud of the mire;

and He raised up my feet upon a rock,

and has made firm my steps.

3And He put in my mouth a new song—

praise to our God.

Many will see it and will fear,

and they will trust in YHWH.

4Blessed is the man

who makes YHWH his refuge,

and does not turn toward the proud,

and those turning aside to falsehood!†

5Much You have done,

O YHWH my God,

and wonderful are your thoughts toward us—

none can compare to You!

Were I to declare and speak,

they are vast beyond numbering.

6In sacrifice and offering You did not take delight,

You have opened the ears for me;†

burnt offering and sin offering

You did not require.

7Then I said, “Behold, I have come—

in the roll of the book it is written of me.

8I have delighted to do Your will, O my God,†

and Your law is in the midst of my heart.”

9I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness in the great assembly;

behold, I do not restrain my lips,

O YHWH, You have known.

10Your righteousness I have not kept hidden in the midst of my heart;

Your faithfulness and Your salvation I have declared;

I have not concealed Your loving devotion and Your truth

from the great assembly.

11You, O YHWH, do not withhold Your mercies from me;

may Your loving devotion and Your truth continually guard me.

12For evils have surrounded against me,

until there is no numbering them;

my iniquities have overtaken me, and I am not able to see;

they are vast beyond the hairs of my head,

and my heart has left me.

13Take pleasure, O YHWH, to deliver me!

O YHWH, may You hurry to help me!

14Let them be put to shame and confounded together,

those seeking my soul, to snatch it away!

Let them be driven back

and humiliated, those delighting in my harm!

15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame,

those saying to me, “Aha, aha!”

16All those seeking You,

may they rejoice and be glad in You;

let those loving Your salvation say continually,

“YHWH be magnified!”

17And I am poor and needy;

may the Lord think of me;

You are my help and my deliverer—

O my God, do not delay!