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Psalm 26 (Listen)

• Psalm 25
• Psalm 26
• Psalm 27

I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

26 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.

• Psalm 25
• Psalm 26
• Psalm 27

Psalm 40 (Listen)

• Psalm 39
• Psalm 40
• Psalm 41

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

40 I uwaited patiently for the Lord;

he inclined to me and vheard my cry.

2 He drew me up from wthe pit of destruction,

out of xthe miry bog,

and yset my feet upon a rock,

zmaking my steps secure.

3 He put aa new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God.

Many will bsee and fear,

and put their trust in the Lord.

4 Blessed is the man who cmakes

the Lord his trust,

who does not turn to the proud,

to those who dgo astray after a lie!

5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,

your ewondrous deeds and your fthoughts toward us;

none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them,

yet they are gmore than can be told.

6 hIn sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,

but you have given me an open iear.1

Burnt offering and sin offering

you have not required.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;

in the scroll of the book it is written jof me:

8 kI delight to do your will, O my God;

your law is lwithin my heart.”

9 I have told the glad news of deliverance2

in mthe great congregation;

behold, I have not nrestrained my lips,

oas you know, O Lord.

10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;

I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness

from the great congregation.

11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain

your mercy from me;

your psteadfast love and your faithfulness will

ever preserve me!

12 For evils have qencompassed me

beyond number;

my riniquities have overtaken me,

and I cannot ssee;

they are tmore than the hairs of my head;

my heart ufails me.

13 vBe pleased, O Lord, to wdeliver me!

O Lord, xmake haste to help me!

14 yLet those be put to shame and disappointed altogether

who seek to snatch away my life;

let those be zturned back and brought to dishonor

who delight in my hurt!

15 Let those be appalled because of their shame

who asay to me, “Aha, Aha!”

16 But may all who seek you

rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who love your salvation

bsay continually, “Great is the Lord!”

17 As for me, I am cpoor and needy,

but dthe Lord takes thought for me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

do not delay, O my God!

• Psalm 39
• Psalm 40
• Psalm 41

Psalm 58 (Listen)

• Psalm 57
• Psalm 58
• Psalm 59

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to hDo Not Destroy. A iMiktam1 of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?2

Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;

your hands jdeal out violence on earth.

3 The wicked are kestranged from the womb;

they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

4 lThey have venom like the venom of a serpent,

like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

5 so that it mdoes not hear the voice of charmers

or of the cunning enchanter.

6 O God, nbreak the teeth in their mouths;

tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

7 Let them ovanish like water that runs away;

when he paims his arrows, let them be blunted.

8 Let them be like the snail othat dissolves into slime,

like qthe stillborn child who never sees the sun.

9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of rthorns,

whether green or ablaze, may he ssweep them away!3

10 tThe righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;

he will ubathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is va reward for the righteous;

surely there is a God who wjudges on earth.”

• Psalm 57
• Psalm 58
• Psalm 59

Psalms 61-62 (Listen)

• Psalm 60
• Psalm 61–62
• Psalm 63

Lead Me to the Rock

To the choirmaster: with lstringed instruments. Of David.

61 Hear my cry, O God,

mlisten to my prayer;

2 from the end of the earth I call to you

when my heart is nfaint.

Lead me to othe rock

that is higher than I,

3 for you have been pmy refuge,

a strong qtower against the enemy.

4 Let me rdwell in your tent forever!

Let me take refuge under sthe shelter of your wings! Selah

5 For you, O God, have heard my vows;

you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

6 tProlong uthe life of the king;

may his years endure to all generations!

7 May he be enthroned forever before God;

appoint vsteadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

8 So will I ever sing praises to your name,

as I wperform my vows day after day.

My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to xJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62 For God alone ymy soul zwaits in silence;

from him comes my salvation.

2 aHe alone is my rock and my salvation,

my bfortress; cI shall not be greatly shaken.

3 How long will all of you attack a man

to batter him,

like da leaning wall, a tottering fence?

4 They only plan to thrust him down from his ehigh position.

They take pleasure in falsehood.

fThey bless with their mouths,

but inwardly they curse. Selah

5 For God alone, O ymy soul, wait in silence,

for my hope is from him.

6 aHe only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

7 On God rests my gsalvation and my glory;

my mighty rock, hmy refuge is God.

8 iTrust in him at all times, O people;

jpour out your heart before him;

God is ha refuge for us. Selah

9 kThose of low estate are but a breath;

those of high estate lare a delusion;

in the balances they go up;

kthey are together lighter than a breath.

10 Put no trust in extortion;

mset no vain hopes on robbery;

nif riches increase, set not your heart on them.

11 oOnce God has spoken;

otwice have I heard this:

that ppower belongs to God,

12 and that to you, O Lord, qbelongs steadfast love.

For you will rrender to a man

according to his work.

• Psalm 60
• Psalm 61–62
• Psalm 63

Psalm 64 (Listen)

• Psalm 63
• Psalm 64
• Psalm 65

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my mcomplaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2 Hide me from nthe secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

3 who owhet their tongues like swords,

who paim bitter words like arrows,

4 shooting from qambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and rwithout fear.

5 They shold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of tlaying snares secretly,

thinking, u“Who can see them?”

6 They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For vthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 wBut God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

8 They are brought to ruin, with their own xtongues turned against them;

all who ysee them will zwag their heads.

9 Then all mankind yfears;

they atell what God has brought about

and ponder what he has done.

10 Let bthe righteous one rejoice in the Lord

and ctake refuge in him!

Let all dthe upright in heart exult!