Psalms 39:7-13

⁷Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.

⁸Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

⁹I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.

¹⁰I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.

¹¹I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.

¹²But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.

¹³For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.