¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. ²He lifted me up from the pit of despair, ³He put a new song in my mouth, ⁴Blessed is the man ⁵Many, O LORD my God, ⁶Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, ⁷Then I said, “Here I am, I have come — ⁸I delight to do Your will, O my God; ⁹I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; ¹⁰I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; ¹¹O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; ¹²For evils without number surround me; ¹³Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; ¹⁴May those who seek my life ¹⁵May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” ¹⁶May all who seek You ¹⁷But I am poor and needy;