7Then said I, Lo, I am come; in the roll of the book it is written ofmeשָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃sha.'A.le.taH7592:
8I delight todoבָ֑אתִיVa.tiH935thy will, O myGodאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559; yea, thy law iswithinעָלָֽי׃'a.LaiH5921my heart.
9I have published righteousness in thegreatאֱלֹהַ֣י'e.lo.HaiH430congregation; lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10I havenotH3808hid thyrighteousnessצֶ֨דֶק׀Tze.dekH6664within myheartשְׂ֭פָתַיSe.fa.taiH8193; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I havenotH3808concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from thegreatH7227congregationH6951.
11WithholdnotH3808thou thy tender mercies frommeH3808, OLORDH2617:letH3808thy lovingkindness and thytruthH571continuallyלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820preservemeH3808.
12For innumerable evils have compassedmeH4480aboutH4480,mineH4480iniquities have overtakenmeH4480,soH4480that I amnotלֹא־lo'-H3808able to lookupH4480; they aremoreH4480thanH4480the hairs ofmineH4480head, and my heart hathfailedוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808meH4480.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to delivermeH5921:makeלִרְא֑וֹתlir.'otH7200haste to helpmeH5921, O LORD.
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour thatdelightרְצֵ֣הre.TzehH7521in my hurt.
15LetH5315them be desolate by reason of theirshameיֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּye.Vo.shuH954that say untomeH5315, Aha, Aha.
16Let allthoseעַל־'al-H5921that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvationsayH559continually, The LORD be magnified.
17But I am poor and needy; yet theLordH3068thinketh uponmeH8055: thou art my help and my deliverer;makeH8055noכָּֽל־kal-H3605tarrying, O myGodH3068.
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