Psalm 25

DEPENDENCE ON THE LORD

Of David.

1 Lord, I appeal to you.F,l

2 My God, I trust in you.

Do not let me be disgraced;m

do not let my enemies gloat over me.n

3 No one who waits for you

will be disgraced;o

those who act treacherously without cause

will be disgraced.p

4 Make your ways known to me, Lord;

teach me your paths.q

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,r

for you are the God of my salvation;s

I wait for you all day long.t

6 Remember, Lord, your compassion

and your faithful love,

for they have existed from antiquity.G,u

7 Do not remember the sins of my youthv

or my acts of rebellion;w

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, Lord.x

8 The Lord is good and upright;y

therefore he shows sinners the way.z

9 He leads the humble in what is rightaa

and teaches them his way.ab

10 All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep his covenant and decrees.ac

11 Lord, for the sake of your name,

forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.ad

12 Who is this person who fears the Lord?ae

He will show him the way he should choose.af

13 He will live a good life,

and his descendants will inherit the land.A,ag

14 The secret counsel of the Lord

is for those who fear him,

and he reveals his covenant to them.ah

15 My eyes are always on the Lord,

for he will pull my feet out of the net.ai

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am alone and afflicted.aj

17 The distresses of my heart increase;B,ak

bring me out of my sufferings.al

18 Consider my affliction and trouble,am

and forgive all my sins.an

19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,ao

and they hate me violently.ap

20 Guard me and rescue me;a

do not let me be disgraced,

for I take refuge in you.b

21 May integrity and what is right

watch over me,

for I wait for you.c

22 God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.d

Psalm 26

PRAYER FOR VINDICATION

Of David.

1 Vindicate me, Lord,

because I have lived with integrity

and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.e

2 Test me, Lord, and try me;

examine my heart and mind.f

3 For your faithful love guides me,C

and I live by your truth.g

4 I do not sit with the worthless

or associate with hypocrites.

5 I hate a crowd of evildoers,

and I do not sit with the wicked.h

6 I wash my hands in innocencei

and go around your altar, Lord,j

7 raising my voice in thanksgivingk

and telling about your wondrous works.l

8 Lord, I love the house where you dwell,

the place where your glory resides.m

9 Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshedn

10 in whose hands are evil schemes

and whose right hands are filled with bribes.o

11 But I live with integrity;

redeem me and be gracious to me.p

12 My foot stands on level ground;q

I will bless the Lord in the assemblies.r

Psalm 27

MY STRONGHOLD

Of David.

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—

whom should I fear?s

The Lord is the stronghold of my life—

whom should I dread?t

2 When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,u

my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.v

3 Though an army deploys against me,

my heart will not be afraid;

though a war breaks out against me,

I will still be confident.w

4 I have asked one thing from the Lord;

it is what I desire:

to dwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,x

gazing on the beauty of the Lordy

and seeking him in his temple.z

5 For he will conceal me in his shelter

in the day of adversity;

he will hide me under the cover of his tent;

he will set me high on a rock.aa

6 Then my head will be high

above my enemies around me;ab

I will offer sacrifices in his tent with shouts of joy.ac

I will sing and make music to the Lord.ad

7 Lord, hear my voice when I call;

be gracious to me and answer me.ae

8 My heart says this about you:

“SeekA his face.”

Lord, I will seek your face.af

9 Do not hide your face from me;ag

do not turn your servant away in anger.ah

You have been my helper;ai

do not leave me or abandon me,

God of my salvation.

10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,

the Lord cares for me.aj

11 Because of my adversaries,

show me your way, Lord,

and lead me on a level path.ak

12 Do not give me over to the will of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

breathing violence.al

13 I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness

in the land of the living.a

14 Wait for the Lord;

be strong, and let your heart be courageous.b

Wait for the Lord.c

Psalm 28

MY STRENGTH

Of David.

1 Lord, I call to you;

my rock, do not be deaf to me.d

If you remain silent to me,

I will be like those going down to the Pit.e

2 Listen to the sound of my pleading

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy sanctuary.f

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with the evildoers,

who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors

while malice is in their hearts.g

4 Repay them according to what they have done—

according to the evil of their deeds.

Repay them according to the work of their hands;

give them back what they deserve.h

5 Because they do not consider

what the Lord has done

or the work of his hands,

he will tear them down and not rebuild them.i

6 Blessed be the Lord,

for he has heard the sound of my pleading.j

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.k

Therefore my heart celebrates,

and I give thanks to him with my song.l

8 The Lord is the strength of his people;A

he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.m

9 Save your people, bless your possession,

shepherd them, and carry them forever.n

Psalm 29

THE VOICE OF THE LORD

A psalm of David.

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,B

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord

in the splendor of his holiness.C,o

3 The voice of the Lord is above the waters.

The God of glory thunders—

the Lord, above the vast water,p

4 the voice of the Lord in power,

the voice of the Lord in splendor.q

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.r

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,s

and Sirion, like a young wild ox.t

7 The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire.u

8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.v

9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birthA,w

and strips the woodlands bare.x

In his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;

the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.y

11 The Lord gives his people strength;z

the Lord blesses his people with peace.aa