THE BOOK OF PSALMS
Psalms 26-29
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Vindicate me, O LORD; for I have walked in a clean conscience: and I have trusted in the LORD; therefore I will not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me; try my heart and my mind.
3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth.
4 I have not sat with those who deceive, nor will I fellowship with hypocrites.
5 I hate the company of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 ¶ I will wash my hands in innocence: and go about your altar, O LORD:
7 That I may praise you with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous works.
8 LORD, I love the house where you dwell, and the place where your glory resides.
9 Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life with bloodthirsty men:
10 Whose hands are busy with wickedness, and whose right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in a clean conscience: redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands on level ground: in the congregations will I praise the LORD.
Psalm 27
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ The LORD is my light and my salvation; of whom should I be afraid? the LORD is the strength of my life; whom should I fear?
2 When the wicked, those who were my enemies and my foes, attacked me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart will not be afraid: even if a battle is waged against me, I will still be confident.
4 I have asked the LORD for one thing, it is what I desire; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: he keeps me hidden in the secret place of his tabernacle; he will establish me upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 ¶ Hear my voice, O LORD, when I cry: have mercy upon me, and answer me.
8 When you said, Seek my face; my heart said to you, I will seek your face, LORD.
9 Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger: you have been my help; do not leave me, or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 If my father and my mother forsake me, the LORD will take care of me.
11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen up against me, breathing out cruelty.
13 I would have fainted, had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalm 28
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Unto you do I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be deaf to me: for, if you are silent to me, I will be like those who go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my pleading, when I call out to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who talk of peace with their neighbors, when malice is in their hearts.
4 Repay them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their doings: repay them according to the work of their hands; and give them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not consider what the LORD has done, or the operation of his hands, he will destroy them, and not rebuild them.
6 ¶ May the LORD be praised, because he has heard my call for mercy.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and I will praise him with my song.
8 The LORD is our strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them, and lift them up forever.
Psalm 29
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Give to the LORD, O sons of God, give to the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give to the LORD the glory due to his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is over many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He also makes Lebanon skip like a calf; and Sirion like a young rhinoceros.
7 The voice of the LORD divides the 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 hinds calve, and strips bare the forests: while in his temple every one speaks of his glory.
10 The LORD sat as king over the flood; yea, the LORD sits on his throne as King for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.