25  ^vTo you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

2  ^wO my God, in you I trust;

let me not be put to shame;

let not my enemies exult over me.

3  Indeed, ^xnone who ^ywait for you shall be ^zput to shame;

they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

4  ^aMake me to know your ways, O Lord;

teach me your paths.

5  Lead me ^bin your truth and teach me,

for you are the God of my salvation;

for you I wait all the day long.

6  Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,

for they have been from of old.

7  ^cRemember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;

^daccording to your steadfast love remember me,

^efor the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

8  Good and upright is the Lord;

therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

9  He leads the humble in what is right,

and teaches the humble his way.

10  All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,

for those who ^fkeep his covenant and his testimonies.

11  ^gFor your name’s sake, O Lord,

^hpardon my guilt, for it is great.

12  Who is the man who fears the Lord?

Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

13  His soul shall abide in well-being,

and ⁱhis offspring shall inherit the land.

14  The ^jfriendship² of the Lord is for those who fear him,

and he makes known to them his covenant.

15  My eyes are ever toward the Lord,

for ^khe will pluck my feet out of the net.

16  ^lTurn to me and be gracious to me,

^mfor I am lonely and afflicted.

17  The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

bring me out of my distresses.

18  Consider my affliction and my trouble,

and forgive all my sins.

19  Consider how many are my foes,

and with what violent hatred they hate me.

20  Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!

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

21  May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

for I wait for you.

22  ⁿRedeem Israel, O God,

out of all his troubles.

26  ^oVindicate me, O Lord,

for I have ^pwalked in my integrity,

and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

2  ^qProve me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and my mind.¹

3  For your steadfast love is before my eyes,

and I walk in your faithfulness.

4  I do not sit with men of falsehood,

nor do I consort with hypocrites.

5  ^rI hate the assembly of evildoers,

and I will not sit with the wicked.

6  I wash my hands ^sin innocence

and go around your altar, O Lord,

7  proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,

and telling all your wondrous deeds.

8  O Lord, I love the habitation of your house

and ^tthe place where your glory dwells.

9  ^uDo 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 ^vbribes.

11  But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

redeem me, and be gracious to me.

12  My foot stands on level ground;

in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

27  ^wThe Lord is my light and my salvation;

^xwhom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold¹ of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

2  When evildoers assail me

to eat up my flesh,

my adversaries and foes,

it is they who stumble and fall.

3  Though an army encamp against me,

^ymy heart shall not fear;

though war arise against me,

yet² I will be confident.

4  One thing have I asked of the Lord,

that will I seek after:

^zthat I may ^adwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to ^bgaze upon the beauty of the Lord

and to inquire³ in his temple.

5  For he will hide me in his ^cshelter

in the day of trouble;

he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

he will lift me high ^dupon a rock.

6  And now my ^ehead shall be lifted up

above my enemies all around me,

and I will offer in his tent

sacrifices with ^fshouts of joy;

^gI will sing and make melody to the Lord.

7  ^hHear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

be gracious to me and ⁱanswer me!

8  You have said, ^j“Seek⁴ my face.”

My heart says to you,

“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”⁵

9  ^kHide not your face from me.

Turn not your servant away in anger,

O you who have been my help.

Cast me not off; ^lforsake me not,

O God of my salvation!

10  For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

but the Lord will take me in.

11  ^mTeach me your way, O Lord,

and ⁿlead me on a level path

because of my enemies.

12  ^oGive me not up to the will of my adversaries;

for ^pfalse witnesses have risen against me,

and they breathe out violence.

13  I believe that I shall look⁶ upon the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living!

14  Wait for the Lord;

be strong, and let your heart take courage;

wait for the Lord!

28  To you, O Lord, I call;

my rock, be not deaf to me,

lest, if you be ^qsilent to me,

I become like ^rthose who go down to the pit.

2  Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

^stoward your most holy sanctuary.¹

3  ^tDo not drag me off with the wicked,

with the workers of evil,

who speak peace with their neighbors

^uwhile evil is in their hearts.

4  Give to them ^vaccording to their work

and according to the evil of their deeds;

give to them according to the work of their hands;

render them their due reward.

5  Because they do not regard the works of the Lord

or the work of his hands,

he will tear them down and build them up no more.

6  Blessed be the Lord!

For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

7  The Lord is my strength and my ^wshield;

in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;

^xmy heart exults,

and with my song I give thanks to him.

8  The Lord is the strength of his people;²

he is the saving refuge of ^yhis anointed.

9  Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!

Be their ^zshepherd and carry them forever.

29  ^aAscribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,¹

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.²

3  The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

the God of glory ^bthunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is ^cpowerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

6  He makes Lebanon to ^dskip like a calf,

and ^eSirion like a young wild ox.

7  The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.

8  The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth³

and strips the forests bare,

and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10  The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;

the Lord sits enthroned as ^fking forever.

11  May the Lord ^ggive strength to his people!

May the Lord bless⁴ his people with peace!