Psalm 25–27

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

²O my God, in thee have I trusted,

Let me not be put to shame;

Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

³Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame:

They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

⁴Show me thy ways, O Jehovah;

Teach me thy paths.

⁵Guide me in thy truth, and teach me;

For thou art the God of my salvation;

For thee do I wait all the day.

⁶Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness;

For they have been ever of old.

⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:

According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me,

For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.

⁸Good and upright is Jehovah:

Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he guide in justice;

And the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth

Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For thy name’s sake, O Jehovah,

Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

¹²What man is he that feareth Jehovah?

Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.

¹³His soul shall dwell at ease;

And his seed shall inherit the land.

¹⁴The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him;

And he will show them his covenant.

¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah;

For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;

For I am desolate and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged:

Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

¹⁸Consider mine affliction and my travail;

And forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider mine enemies, for they are many;

And they hate me with cruel hatred.

²⁰Oh keep my soul, and deliver me:

Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,

For I wait for thee.

²²Redeem Israel, O God,

Out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

¹Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity:

I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

²Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;

Try my heart and my mind.

³For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes;

And I have walked in thy truth.

⁴I have not sat with men of falsehood;

Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

⁵I hate the assembly of evil-doers,

And will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency:

So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

⁷That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,

And tell of all thy wondrous works.

⁸Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house,

And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹Gather not my soul with sinners,

Nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰In whose hands is wickedness,

And their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:

Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

¹²My foot standeth in an even place:

In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Jehovah is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,

Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

³Though a host should encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me,

Even then will I be confident.

⁴One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:

That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of Jehovah,

And to inquire in his temple.

⁵For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:

In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;

He will lift me up upon a rock.

⁶And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;

And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

⁹Hide not thy face from me;

Put not thy servant away in anger:

Thou hast been my help;

Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then Jehovah will take me up.

¹¹Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;

And lead me in a plain path,

Because of mine enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:

For false witnesses are risen up against me,

And such as breathe out cruelty.

¹³I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah

In the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait for Jehovah:

Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;

Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.