Psalms 26; Psalms 27; Psalms 28; Psalms 29; Psalms 30; Psalms 31

Psalms 26

1 (25-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

2 (25-2) Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

3 (25-3) For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4 (25-4) I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

5 (25-5) I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

6 (25-6) I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

7 (25-7) That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 (25-8) I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9 (25-9) Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

10 (25-10) In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

11 (25-11) But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12 (25-12) My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

Psalms 27

1 (26-1) <The psalm of David before he was anointed.> The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

2 (26-2) Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

3 (26-3) If armies in camp should stand to gether against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.

4 (26-4) One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

5 (26-5) For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

6 (26-6) He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

7 (26-7) Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

8 (26-8) My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

9 (26-9) Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

10 (26-10) For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.

11 (26-11) Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.

12 (26-12) Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

13 (26-13) I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

14 (26-14) Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Psalms 28

1 (27-1) <A psalm for David himself.> Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 (27-2) Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

3 (27-3) Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

4 (27-4) Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

5 (27-5) Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

6 (27-6) Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

7 (27-7) The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.

8 (27-8) The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

9 (27-9) Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.

Psalms 29

1 (28-1) <A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle.> Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.

2 (28-2) Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

3 (28-3) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

4 (28-4) The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord in magnificence.

5 (28-5) The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

6 (28-6) And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

7 (28-7) The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:

8 (28-8) The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

9 (28-9) The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.

10 (28-10) The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king for ever.

11 (28-10) The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

Psalms 30

1 (29-1) <A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David’s house.> (29-2) I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.

2 (29-3) O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 (29-4) Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.

4 (29-5) Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.

5 (29-6) For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

6 (29-7) And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.

7 (29-8) O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.

8 (29-9) To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

9 (29-10) What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

10 (29-11) The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my helper.

11 (29-12) Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

12 (29-13) To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.

Psalms 31

1 (30-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.> (30-2) In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

2 (30-3) Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.

3 (30-4) For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

4 (30-5) Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

5 (30-6) Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

6 (30-7) Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

7 (30-8) I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou hast regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

8 (30-9) And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

9 (30-10) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

10 (30-11) For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

11 (30-12) I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.

12 (30-13) I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

13 (30-14) For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

14 (30-15) But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

15 (30-16) My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

16 (30-17) Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

17 (30-18) Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.

18 (30-19) Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

19 (30-20) O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

20 (30-21) Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle form the contradiction of tongues.

21 (30-22) Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

22 (30-23) But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

23 (30-24) O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

24 (30-25) Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.