7. Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:
8. then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me
9. that I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
10. I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.
11. I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.
12. Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.
13. For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.