Psalms 25:1-30:12 A Psalm of David. ¶ Aleph Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ Aleph Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. ² Beth O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. ³ Gimel Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed. ⁴ Daleth Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. ⁵ He Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day. ⁶ Vau Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old. ⁷ Zain Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. ⁸ ¶ Cheth Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way. ⁹ Teth He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way. ¹⁰ Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. ¹¹ Caph For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. ¹² Lamed Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. ¹³ Mem His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth. ¹⁴ Nun The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant. ¹⁵ ¶ Samech Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. ¹⁶ Ain Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. ¹⁷ Tzaddi The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses. ¹⁸ Resh Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. ¹⁹ Resh Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred. ²⁰ Schin O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. ²¹ Tau Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me, for I have waited for thee. ²² Pe Ransom Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. ²⁶ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. ² Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart. ³ For thy mercy is before my eyes, and I walk in thy truth. ⁴ I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites. ⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked. ⁶ ¶ I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD: ⁷ That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. ⁸ LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. ⁹ Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands: ¹⁰ In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me. ¹² I have walked uprightly; in the congregations I will bless the LORD. ²⁷ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ² When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³ Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. ⁴ One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: 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 enquire in his temple. ⁵ For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; in the secret of his tent shall he hide me; he shall set me high upon a rock. ⁶ And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. ⁷ ¶ Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me and answer me. ⁸ My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek. ⁹ Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy slave away in anger: thou hast been my help; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my saving health. ¹⁰ For my father and my mother have left me, and the LORD has taken me up. ¹¹ Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a right path because of my enemies. ¹² Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty. ¹³ I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁴ Wait for the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, for the LORD. ²⁸ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave. 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 Do not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. ⁴ Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render unto them their desert. ⁵ Because they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up. ⁶ ¶ Blessed be the LORD because he has heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him. ⁸ The LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. ⁹ Save thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever. ²⁹ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. ² Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. ³ The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon 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 broke the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ And He made them skip like a calves; Lebanon and Sirion like the sons of the unicorns. ⁷ The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of the LORD that shall shake the wilderness; the LORD shall shake the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of the LORD shall make the hinds to calve and shall uncover the forests: and in his temple every one speaks to his glory. ¹⁰ The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever. ¹¹ The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people in peace. ³⁰ ¹ A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. ¶ I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. ² O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. ³ O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave. ⁴ Let his merciful ones sing unto the LORD, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. ⁵ For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. ⁶ ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. ⁷ LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. ⁸ I will cry unto thee, O GOD; and unto the Lord will I make supplication. ⁹ What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? ¹⁰ Hear, O LORD and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. ¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; ¹² to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.