7. Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me--
8. To do thy good pleasure, my God is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
9. I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest.
10. I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11. Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
13. Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
14. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
15. Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!
16. Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified!
17. But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God make no delay.