ASV - Psalms 25 to 29

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. ²O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. ³Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause. ⁴Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths. ⁵Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day. ⁶Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old. ⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah. ⁸Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. ⁹The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way. ¹⁰All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. ¹¹For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. ¹²What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose. ¹³His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land. ¹⁴The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant. ¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net. ¹⁶Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted. ¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses. ¹⁸Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins. ¹⁹Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred. ²⁰Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee. ²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee. ²²Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.

Psalm 26 A Psalm of David.

¹Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. ²Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind. ³For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth. ⁴I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. ⁵I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. ⁶I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah; ⁷That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works. ⁸Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth. ⁹Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood; ¹⁰In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me. ¹²My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27 A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? ²When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. ³Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident. ⁴One 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 in his temple. ⁵For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock. ⁶And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah. ⁷Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ⁸When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek. ⁹Hide 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. ¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up. ¹¹Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies. ¹²Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty. ¹³I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living. ¹⁴Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Psalm 28 A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. ²Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. ³Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts. ⁴Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert. ⁵Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up. ⁶Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him. ⁸Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. ⁹Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

Psalm 29 A Psalm of David.

¹Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. ²Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name; Worship Jehovah in holy array. ³The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. ⁴The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. ⁵The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. ⁷The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. ⁸The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory. ¹⁰Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever. ¹¹Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.