7 Blest is the man who puts his trust in God, respecting not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies.
8 O Lord, my God, the works that thou hast done for us are wonderful; and many are thy thoughts for us; we cannot count them all,
9 Thou dost not call for sacrifice, nor offerings of blood; burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou dost not want;
10 And lo, I come to do thy will, O God; thy law is in my heart,
11 And I have preached the word of righteousness and peace unto the thronging multitudes; I have declared the counsel of my God in full.
12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and grace.
13 I have not kept thy loving-kindness and thy truth away from men; I have declared them to the multitudes.
14 O Lord, make wide my lips that I may tell thy praise; I do not bring the sacrifice of blood, nor yet burnt offerings for sin.
15 The sacrifices I would bring to thee, O God, are purity in life, a contrite heart, a spirit full of faith and love; and these thou wilt receive.
16 And when he had thus read, he gave the book back to the keeper of the books, and then he said,