Psalms 23

1 A psalm of David. I The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.
2 In green pastures you let me graze; to safe waters you lead me;
3 you restore my strength. You guide me along the right path for the sake of your name.
4 Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side; your rod and staff give me courage.
5 II You set a table before me as my enemies watch; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.

Psalms 24

1 A psalm of David. I The earth is the LORD'S and all it holds, the world and those who live there.
2 For God founded it on the seas, established it over the rivers.
3 II Who may go up the mountain of the LORD? Who can stand in his holy place?
4 The clean of hand and pure of heart, who are not devoted to idols, who have not sworn falsely.
5 They will receive blessings from the LORD, and justice from their saving God.
6 Such are the people that love the LORD, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
7 III Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter.
8 Who is this king of glory? The LORD, a mighty warrior, the LORD, mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O gates; rise up, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter.
10 Who is this king of glory? The LORD of hosts is the king of glory. Selah

Psalms 25

1 Of David. I I wait for you, O LORD; I lift up my soul
2 to my God. In you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me.
3 No one is disgraced who waits for you, but only those who lightly break faith.
4 Make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.
6 Remember your compassion and love, O LORD; for they are ages old.
7 Remember no more the sins of my youth; remember me only in light of your love.
8 II Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way,
9 Guides the humble rightly, and teaches the humble the way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are faithful love toward those who honor the covenant demands.
11 For the sake of your name, LORD, pardon my guilt, though it is great.
12 Who are those who fear the LORD? God shows them the way to choose.
13 They live well and prosper, and their descendants inherit the land.
14 The counsel of the LORD belongs to the faithful; the covenant instructs them.
15 My eyes are ever upon the LORD, who frees my feet from the snare.
16 III Look upon me, have pity on me, for I am alone and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart; bring me out of my distress.
18 Put an end to my affliction and suffering; take away all my sins.
19 See how many are my enemies, see how fiercely they hate me.
20 Preserve my life and rescue me; do not let me be disgraced, for I trust in you.
21 Let honesty and virtue preserve me; I wait for you, O LORD.
22 Redeem Israel, God, from all its distress!

Psalms 26

1 Of David. I Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered.
2 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind.
3 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.
4 II I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.
5 I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD,
7 Lifting my voice in thanks, recounting all your wondrous deeds.
8 LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.
9 III Do not take me away with sinners, nor my life with the violent.
10 Their hands carry out their schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I walk without blame; redeem me, be gracious to me!
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Psalms 27

1 Of David I The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom do I fear? The LORD is my life's refuge; of whom am I afraid?
2 When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh, These my enemies and foes themselves stumble and fall.
3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart does not fear; Though war be waged against me, even then do I trust.
4 II One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the LORD'S house all the days of my life, To gaze on the LORD'S beauty, to visit his temple.
5 For God will hide me in his shelter in time of trouble, Will conceal me in the cover of his tent; and set me high upon a rock.
6 Even now my head is held high above my enemies on every side! I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and chant praise to the LORD.
7 I Hear my voice, LORD, when I call; have mercy on me and answer me.
8 Come, says my heart, seek God's face; your face, LORD, do I seek!
9 Do not hide your face from me; do not repel your servant in anger. You are my help; do not cast me off; do not forsake me, God my savior!
10 Even if my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will take me in.
11 II LORD, show me your way; lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
12 Do not abandon me to the will of my foes; malicious and lying witnesses have risen against me.
13 But I believe I shall enjoy the LORD'S goodness in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the LORD!

Psalms 28

1 Of David. I To you, LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If you fail to answer me, I will join those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you, lifting my hands toward your holy place.
3 Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do wrong, Who speak peace to their neighbors though evil is in their hearts.
4 Repay them for their deeds, for the evil that they do. For the work of their hands repay them; give them what they deserve.
5 They pay no heed to the LORD'S works, to the deeds of God's hands. God will tear them down, never to be rebuilt.
6 II Blessed be the LORD, who has heard the sound of my pleading.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusted and found help. So my heart rejoices; with my song I praise my God.
8 III LORD, you are the strength of your people, the saving refuge of your anointed king.
9 Save your people, bless your inheritance; feed and sustain them forever!

Psalms 29

1 A psalm of David. I Give to the LORD, you heavenly beings, give to the LORD glory and might;
2 Give to the LORD the glory due God's name. Bow down before the LORD'S holy splendor!
3 II The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is power; the voice of the LORD is splendor.
5 The voice of the LORD cracks the cedars; the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon,
6 Makes Lebanon leap like a calf, and Sirion like a young bull.
7 The voice of the LORD strikes with fiery flame;
8 the voice of the LORD rocks the desert; the LORD rocks the desert of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. All in his palace say, Glory!
10 III The LORD sits enthroned above the flood! The LORD reigns as king forever!
11 May the LORD give might to his people; may the LORD bless his people with peace!

Psalms 30

1 A psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I I praise you, LORD, for you raised me up and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
2 O LORD, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.
3 LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you kept me from going down to the pit.
4 II Sing praise to the LORD, you faithful; give thanks to God's holy name.
5 For divine anger lasts but a moment; divine favor lasts a lifetime. At dusk weeping comes for the night; but at dawn there is rejoicing.
6 III Complacent, I once said, I shall never be shaken.
7 LORD, when you showed me favor I stood like the mighty mountains. But when you hid your face I was struck with terror.
8 To you, LORD, I cried out; with the Lord I pleaded for mercy:
9 What gain is there from my lifeblood, from my going down to the grave? Does dust give you thanks or declare your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O LORD, have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper.
11 IV You changed my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
12 With my whole being I sing endless praise to you. O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

Psalms 31

1 For the leader. A psalm of David. I In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice deliver me;
2 incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
3 You are my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead and guide me.
4 Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD, faithful God.
6 You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your love, once you have seen my misery, observed my distress.
8 You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space.
9 II Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent.
10 My life is worn out by sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my bones are consumed.
11 To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see me in the street, they quickly shy away.
12 I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead; I am like a shattered dish.
13 I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire against me; they plot to take my life.
14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, You are my God.
15 My times are in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers.
16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your kindness.
17 Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, LORD. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
18 Strike dumb their lying lips, proud lips that attack the just in contempt and scorn.
19 III How great is your goodness, Lord, stored up for those who fear you. You display it for those who trust you, in the sight of all the people.
20 You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You keep them in your abode, safe from plotting tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD, who has shown me wondrous love, and been for me a city most secure.
22 Once I said in my anguish, I am shut out from your sight. Yet you heard my plea, when I cried out to you.
23 Love the LORD, all you faithful. The LORD protects the loyal, but repays the arrogant in full.
24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.