Psalm 26-30

Complete Jewish Bible

26 ⁽⁰⁾By David:

⁽¹⁾Vindicate me, Adonai,
for I have lived a blameless life;
unwaveringly I trust in Adonai.
²Examine me, Adonai, test me,
search my mind and heart.
³For your grace is there before my eyes,
and I live my life by your truth.
⁴I have not sat with worthless folks,
I won’t consort with hypocrites,
⁵I hate the company of evildoers,
I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocence
and walk around your altar, Adonai,
⁷lifting my voice in thanks
and proclaiming all your wonders.
⁸Adonai, I love the house where you live,
the place where your glory abides.

⁹Don’t include me with sinners
or my life with the bloodthirsty.
¹⁰In their hands are evil schemes;
their right hands are full of bribes.
¹¹As for me, I will live a blameless life.
Redeem me and show me favor.
¹²My feet are planted on level ground;
in the assemblies I will bless Adonai.

27 ⁽⁰⁾By David:

⁽¹⁾Adonai is my light and salvation;
whom do I need to fear?
Adonai is the stronghold of my life;
of whom should I be afraid?
²When evildoers assailed me
to devour my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
they stumbled and fell.
³If an army encamps against me,
my heart will not fear;
if war breaks out against me,
even then I will keep trusting.

⁴Just one thing have I asked of Adonai;
only this will I seek:
to live in the house of Adonai
all the days of my life,
to see the beauty of Adonai
and visit in his temple.
⁵For he will conceal me in his shelter
on the day of trouble,
he will hide me in the folds of his tent,
he will set me high on a rock.
⁶Then my head will be lifted up
above my surrounding foes,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, sing praises to Adonai.

⁷Listen, Adonai, to my voice when I cry;
show favor to me; and answer me.
⁸“My heart said of you, ‘Seek my face.’”
Your face, Adonai, I will seek.
⁹Do not hide your face from me,
don’t turn your servant away in anger.
You are my help; don’t abandon me;
don’t leave me, God my savior.
¹⁰Even though my father and mother have left me,
Adonai will care for me.
¹¹Teach me your way, Adonai;
lead me on a level path
because of my enemies —
¹²don’t give me up to the whims of my foes;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
also those who are breathing violence.

¹³If I hadn’t believed that I would see
Adonai’s goodness in the land of the living, . . .
¹⁴Put your hope in Adonai, be strong,
and let your heart take courage!
Yes, put your hope in Adonai!
28 ⁽⁰⁾By David:

⁽¹⁾Adonai, I am calling to you;
my Rock, don’t be deaf to my cry.
For if you answer me with silence,
I will be like those who fall in a pit.
²Hear the sound of my prayers
when I cry to you,
when I lift my hands
toward your holy sanctuary.

³Don’t drag me off with the wicked,
with those whose deeds are evil;
they speak words of peace to their fellowmen,
but evil is in their hearts.
⁴Pay them back for their deeds,
as befits their evil acts;
repay them for what they have done,
give them what they deserve.
⁵For they don’t understand the deeds of Adonai
or what he has done.
He will break them down;
he will not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Adonai,
for he heard my voice as I prayed for mercy.
⁷Adonai is my strength and shield;
in him my heart trusted, and I have been helped.
Therefore my heart is filled with joy,
and I will sing praises to him.

⁸Adonai is strength for [his people],
a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
⁹Save your people! Bless your heritage!
Shepherd them, and carry them forever!

29 ⁽⁰⁾A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾Give Adonai his due, you who are godly;
give Adonai his due of glory and strength;
²give Adonai the glory due his name;
worship Adonai in holy splendor.

³The voice of Adonai is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
Adonai over rushing waters,
⁴the voice of Adonai in power,
the voice of Adonai in splendor.

⁵The voice of Adonai cracks the cedars;
Adonai splinters the cedars of the L’vanon
⁶and makes the L’vanon skip like a calf,
Siryon like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of Adonai flashes fiery flames;
⁸the voice of Adonai rocks the desert,
Adonai convulses the Kadesh Desert.
⁹The voice of Adonai causes deer to give birth
and strips the forests bare —
while in his temple, all cry, “Glory!”
¹⁰Adonai sits enthroned above the flood!
Adonai sits enthroned as king forever!
¹¹May Adonai give strength to his people!
May Adonai bless his people with shalom!

30 ⁽⁰⁾A psalm. A song for the dedication of the house. By David:

²⁽¹⁾I will exalt you, Adonai, because you drew me up;
you didn’t let my enemies rejoice over me.
³⁽²⁾Adonai my God, I cried out to you,
and you provided healing for me.
⁴⁽³⁾Adonai, you lifted me up from Sh’ol;
you kept me alive when I was sinking into a pit.

⁵⁽⁴⁾Sing praise to Adonai, you faithful of his;
and give thanks on recalling his holiness.
⁶⁽⁵⁾For his anger is momentary,
but his favor lasts a lifetime.
Tears may linger for the night,
but with dawn come cries of joy.

⁷⁽⁶⁾Once I was prosperous and used to say,
that nothing could ever shake me —
⁸⁽⁷⁾when you showed me favor, Adonai,
I was firm as a mighty mountain.
But when you hid your face,
I was struck with terror.

⁹⁽⁸⁾I called to you, Adonai;
to Adonai I pleaded for mercy:
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾“What advantage is there in my death,
in my going down to the pit?
Can the dust praise you?
Can it proclaim your truth?
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Hear me, Adonai, and show me your favor!
Adonai, be my helper!”

¹²⁽¹¹⁾You turned my mourning into dancing!
You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
¹³⁽¹²⁾so that my well-being can praise you and not be silent;
Adonai my God, I will thank you forever!