Psalm 26
Judica me, Domine
1
Give judgment for me, O Lord,
for I have lived with integrity; *
I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2
Test me, O Lord, and try me; *
examine my heart and my mind.
3
For your love is before my eyes; *
I have walked faithfully with you.
4
I have not sat with the worthless, *
nor do I consort with the deceitful.
5
I have hated the company of evildoers; *
I will not sit down with the wicked.
6
I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, *
that I may go in procession round your altar,
7
Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *
and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
8
Lord, I love the house in which you dwell *
and the place where your glory abides.
9
Do not sweep me away with sinners, *
nor my life with those who thirst for blood,
10
Whose hands are full of evil plots, *
and their right hand full of bribes.
11
As for me, I will live with integrity; *
redeem me, O Lord, and have pity on me.
12
My foot stands on level ground; *
in the full assembly I will bless the Lord.
Psalm 28
Ad te, Domine
1
O Lord, I call to you;
my Rock, do not be deaf to my cry; *
lest, if you do not hear me,
I become like those who go down to the Pit.
2
Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, *
when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.
3
Do not snatch me away with the wicked or with the evildoers, *
who speak peaceably with their neighbors,
while strife is in their hearts.
4
Repay them according to their deeds, *
and according to the wickedness of their actions.
5
According to the work of their hands repay them, *
and give them their just deserts.
6
They have no understanding of the Lord’s doings,
nor of the works of his hands; *
therefore he will break them down and not build them up.
7
Blessed is the Lord! *
for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
8
The Lord is my strength and my shield; *
my heart trusts in him, and I have been helped;
9
Therefore my heart dances for joy, *
and in my song will I praise him.
10
The Lord is the strength of his people, *
a safe refuge for his anointed.
11
Save your people and bless your inheritance; *
shepherd them and carry them for ever.