Psalm 26:1–28:9

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip. Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart: For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers; I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah, ⁷That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works. ⁸Jehovah, I have loved 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 are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me. ¹²My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident. One 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 of him in his temple. For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me. ⁸My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O 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. ¹⁰For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up. ¹¹Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies. ¹²Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence. ¹³Unless 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 for Jehovah.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert. For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him. ⁸Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one. ⁹Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.