I Will Walk with Integrity

101 A Psalm of David.

1  I will sing of csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

2  I will dponder the way ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you fcome to me?

I will gwalk with hintegrity of heart

within my house;

3  I will not set before my eyes

anything ithat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4  kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will lknow nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor msecretly

I will ndestroy.

Whoever has a ohaughty look and an parrogant heart

I will not endure.

6  I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7  No one who rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall scontinue before my eyes.

8  tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

ucutting off all vthe evildoers

from wthe city of the Lord.

I Will Bless the Lord

26 Of David.

1  qVindicate me, O Lord,

for I have rwalked in my integrity,

and I have strusted in the Lord without wavering.

2  tProve me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and umy mind.1

3  For your vsteadfast love is before my eyes,

and I wwalk in your vfaithfulness.

4  I do not xsit with men of yfalsehood,

nor do I consort with hypocrites.

5  I zhate the assembly of evildoers,

and I will not sit with the wicked.

6  I awash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, O Lord,

7  proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,

and telling all your bwondrous deeds.

8  O Lord, I clove the habitation of your house

and the place where your glory dwells.

9  dDo not sweep my soul away with sinners,

nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

10  in whose hands are evil devices,

and whose right hands are full of ebribes.

11  But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

redeem me, and be gracious to me.

12  My foot stands on flevel ground;

in gthe great assembly I will bless the Lord.

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

27 Of David.

1  The Lord is my hlight and my isalvation;

jwhom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold1 of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

2  When evildoers assail me

to keat up my flesh,

my adversaries and foes,

it is they who stumble and fall.

3  lThough an army encamp against me,

my heart shall not fear;

though war arise against me,

yet2 I will be confident.

4  mOne thing have I asked of the Lord,

that will I seek after:

that I may ndwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to gaze upon othe beauty of the Lord

and to inquire3 in his temple.

5  For he will phide me in his shelter

in the day of trouble;

he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

he will qlift me high upon a rock.

6  And now my rhead shall be lifted up

above my enemies all around me,

and I will offer in his tent

sacrifices with shouts of sjoy;

tI will sing and make melody to the Lord.

7  uHear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

be gracious to me and answer me!

8  You have said, v“Seek4 my face.”

My heart says to you,

“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”5

9  wHide not your face from me.

Turn not your servant away in anger,

O you who have been my help.

Cast me not off; forsake me not,

xO God of my salvation!

10  For ymy father and my mother have forsaken me,

but the Lord will ztake me in.

11  aTeach me your way, O Lord,

and lead me on ba level path

because of my enemies.

12  cGive me not up to the will of my adversaries;

for dfalse witnesses have risen against me,

and they ebreathe out violence.

13  I believe that I shall look6 upon fthe goodness of the Lord

in gthe land of the living!

14  hWait for the Lord;

ibe strong, and let your heart take courage;

wait for the Lord!

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

28 Of David.

1  To you, O Lord, I call;

jmy rock, be not deaf to me,

lest, if you kbe silent to me,

I become like those who lgo down to the pit.

2  mHear the voice of my pleas for mercy,

when I cry to you for help,

when I nlift up my hands

otoward your most holy sanctuary.1

3  Do not pdrag me off with the wicked,

with the workers of evil,

qwho speak peace with their neighbors

while evil is in their hearts.

4  rGive to them according to their work

and according to the evil of their deeds;

give to them according to the work of their hands;

srender them their due reward.

5  Because they tdo not regard the works of the Lord

or the work of his hands,

he will tear them down and build them up no more.

6  Blessed be the Lord!

For he has uheard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

7  The Lord is my strength and vmy shield;

in him my heart wtrusts, and I am helped;

my heart exults,

and with my xsong I give thanks to him.

8  The Lord is the strength of his people;2

he is ythe saving refuge of his anointed.

9  Oh, save your people and bless zyour heritage!

aBe their shepherd and bcarry them forever.