Catholic Public Domain Version
"that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart. "
— Psalms 39:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.”
“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it. ”
“I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.”
“I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.”
“That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.”
“I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.”
“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.”
You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.
Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:
that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.