Psalm 25–27

Psalm 25

¹Unto the end, a psalm for David.

Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

²Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

³For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

⁴I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

⁵I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

⁶I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

⁷That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

⁸I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

¹⁰In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

¹¹But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

¹²My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

Psalm 26

¹The psalm of David before he was anointed.

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

²Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

³If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.

⁴One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

⁵For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

⁶He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

⁷Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

⁸My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

⁹Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

¹⁰For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.

¹¹Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

¹³I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁴Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Psalm 27

¹A psalm for David himself.

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

²Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

³Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

⁴Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

⁵Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

⁷The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.

⁸The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

⁹Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.