I. I waited patiently for Yehovah; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God [Elohim].
Many will see and fear, and put their trust in Yehovah.
4. Blessed is the man who makes Yehovah his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
5. You have multiplied, O Yehovah my God [Elohim], your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
6. In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
7. Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book, it is written of me:
8. I delight to do your will, O my God [Elohim]; your law is within my heart.”
9. I have told the glad news of righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Yehovah.
10. I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
11. As for you, O Yehovah, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
12. For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.
13. Be pleased, O Yehovah, to deliver me! O Yehovah, make haste to help me!
14. Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15. Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is Yehovah!”
17. As for me, I am poor and needy, but Yehovah takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God [Elohim]!
What awesome words from the mind of Yehovah to His servant David that reflects not only David's character but also points to the character and feelings of the lord Messiah Jesus [Yehoshua].
May all of the sons and daughters of Yehovah our God, members of His household strive to develop the character that the lord Jesus had in his lifetime and has now at the right hand of his God and our God his Father and our Father Yehovah. We can do so by the enabling power of the Spirit of our God and Father Yehovah that He by His amazing grace has given to us.
As Jesus was and is now the outshining of God's [Yehovah's] glory, the true reflection of His nature; let us strive to be a reflection of his character and nature in all we do in this world! May our God and Father Yehovah enable us by His Spirit to truly live as His sons and daughters who are in this world, but are not of this world!
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