4. Blessed is the manwho places trust in the Lord,but does not turn toward the proud,nor those falling away to falsehood.
5. O Lord my God,You have done many wonderful works,and Your thoughts toward uscannot be compared;if I would declare and speak of them,they are more than can be numbered.
6. Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;You have opened up my ears to listen.Burnt offering and sin offeringYou 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;Your law is within my inward parts.”
9. I have proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation;I have not held back my lips,O Lord, You know.
10. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truthfrom the great congregation.
11. Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard me.
12. For innumerable evils have surrounded me;my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;they are more than the hairs of my headso that my heart fails me.