Psalm 26–28

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.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:

My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;

Lest, if thou be silent unto me,

I become like them that go down into the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

³Draw me not away with the wicked,

And with the workers of iniquity;

That speak peace with their neighbors,

But mischief is in their hearts.

⁴Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:

Give them after the operation of their hands;

Render to them their desert.

⁵Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He will break them down and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah,

Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield;

My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:

Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

And with my song will I praise him.

⁸Jehovah is their strength,

And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

⁹Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:

Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.