1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

39:1 In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.

2 ¶ Exspectans exspectavi Dominum,
et intendit mihi.

2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 Et exaudivit preces meas,
et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis.
Et statuit super petram pedes meos,
et direxit gressus meos.

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

4 Et immisit in os meum canticum novum,
carmen Deo nostro.
Videbunt multi, et timebunt,
et sperabunt in Domino.

4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus,
et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.

5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6 Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua;
et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi.
Annuntiavi et locutus sum:
multiplicati sunt super numerum.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti;
aures autem perfecisti mihi.
Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

8 tunc dixi: Ecce venio.
In capite libri scriptum est de me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

9 ut facerem voluntatem tuam.
Deus meus, volui,
et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.

9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

10 Annuntiavi justitiam tuam in ecclesia magna;
ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine, tu scisti.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Justitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo;
veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi;
non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 Tu autem, Domine, ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me;
misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.

12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

13 Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus;
comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem.
Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei,
et cor meum dereliquit me.

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

14 Complaceat tibi, Domine, ut eruas me;
Domine, ad adjuvandum me respice.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

15 Confundantur et revereantur simul,
qui quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam;
convertantur retrorsum et revereantur,
qui volunt mihi mala.

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

16 Ferant confestim confusionem suam,
qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge!

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

17 Exsultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te;
et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

18 Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper;
Dominus sollicitus est mei.
Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es;
Deus meus, ne tardaveris.