[A Psalm] of David.

26 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

² Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

³ For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

⁴ I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

⁷ That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

⁸ Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹ Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰ In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

¹² My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

[A Psalm] of David.

27 Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

² When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

³ If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

⁸ My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

⁹ Hide 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.

¹⁰ For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

¹¹ Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

¹² Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

¹³ Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living …!

¹⁴ Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

[A Psalm] of David.

28 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.

² Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

³ 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.

⁴ 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.

⁵ For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶ Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷ Jehovah 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.

⁸ Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

⁹ Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.

A Psalm of David.

29 Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

² Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.

³ The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth,—Jehovah upon great waters.

⁴ The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

⁶ And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.

⁷ The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

¹⁰ Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.

¹¹ Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.

30 I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.

² Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

³ Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.

⁴ Sing psalms unto Jehovah, ye saints of his, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For a moment [is passed] in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

⁶ As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

⁷ Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

⁸ I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.

¹¹ Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

¹² That [my] glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever.