Psalm 23-28

Tree of Life Version

¹ A psalm of David.
Adonai is my shepherd, I shall not want.
² He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
³ He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
    for His Name’s sake.

¹ A psalm of David.
The earth is Adonai’s and all that fills it—^[a]
the world, and those dwelling on it.
² For He founded it upon the seas,
and established it upon the rivers.
³ Who may go up on the mountain of Adonai?
Who may stand in His holy place?
⁴ One with clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not lifted his soul in vain,
nor sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive a blessing from Adonai,
righteousness from God his salvation.
⁶ Such is the generation seeking Him,
seeking Your face, even Jacob! Selah
⁷ Lift up your heads, O gates,
and be lifted up, you everlasting doors:
that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ “Who is this King of glory?”
Adonai strong and mighty,
Adonai mighty in battle!
⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates,
and lift them up, you everlasting doors:
that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ “Who is this King of glory?”
Adonai-Tzva’ot—He is the King of glory! Selah

¹ Of David.
To You, Adonai, I lift up my soul.
² O my God, in You I trust,
so I will not be ashamed,
and my enemies will not gloat over me.
³ Surely no one who waits for You will be ashamed.
But the treacherous without cause will be ashamed.
⁴ Show me Your ways, Adonai.
Teach me Your paths.
⁵ Guide me in Your truth, and teach me,
for You are God, my salvation,
for You I wait all day.
⁶ Remember, Adonai,
Your compassions and Your mercies—
for they are from eternity.
⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellion.
According to Your mercy remember me,
    for the sake of Your goodness, Adonai.
⁸ Good and upright is Adonai.
Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble His way.
¹⁰ All Adonai’s ways are lovingkindness
and truth
    to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
¹¹ For Your Name’s sake, Adonai,
pardon my guilt, for it is great.
¹² Who is this man who fears Adonai?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
¹³ His soul abides in goodness,
and his offspring will inherit the land.
¹⁴ The secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him.
He makes His covenant known to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are always looking to Adonai,
for He will pull my feet out of the net.
¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart increase.
Bring me out of my distress.
¹⁸ See my affliction and my suffering,
and take away all my sins.
¹⁹ See my enemies, how many they are—
they hate me with violent hatred.
²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me.
Let me not be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me—
for I wait for You.
²² Redeem Israel, O God,
from all their troubles.

¹ Of David.
Vindicate me, Adonai,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and trusted in Adonai without wavering.
² Probe me, Adonai, and test me,
refine my mind and my heart.
³ For Your love is before my eyes
and I have walked in Your truth.
⁴ I have not sat with men of falsehood,
nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I detest the company of evildoers,
and do not sit with the wicked.
⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence,
so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai,
⁷ hearing the voice of thanksgiving
    while proclaiming all Your wonders.
⁸ Adonai, I love the House where You live,
the place where Your glory dwells.
⁹ Do not take my soul away with sinners,
nor my life with people of bloodshed—
¹⁰ in whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose right hand is full of bribes.
¹¹ But I—I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me and be gracious to me.
¹² My feet stand on level ground.
In congregations I will bless Adonai.

¹ Of David.
Adonai is my light and my salvation:
    whom should I fear?
Adonai is the stronghold of my life:
    whom should I dread?
² When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh
—my adversaries and my foes—they stumbled and fell.
³ Though an army camp besieges me, my heart will not fear.
Though war breaks out against me, even then will I be confident.
⁴ One thing have I asked of Adonai,
that will I seek:
to dwell in the House of Adonai
    all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of Adonai,
    and to meditate in His Temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His sukkah,
conceal me in the shelter of His tent,
and set me high upon a rock.
⁶ Then will my head be high above my enemies around me.
In His Tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy.
I will sing, yes, sing praises to Adonai.

¹ Of David.
To You, Adonai, I call—
    my Rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You were silent to me,
    I would become like those going down to the Pit.
² Hear the sound of my pleas,
when I cry to You for help,
when I lift up my hands toward Your holy Sanctuary.
³ Do not drag me away with the wicked and with doers of iniquity,
who speak peace with their neighbors,
while evil is in their hearts.
⁴ Repay them for their deeds, their evil acts.
Repay them for the deeds of their hands.
Bring back on them what they deserve.
⁵ Since they show no regard for the deeds of Adonai
nor the work of His hands,
He will tear them down
    and never build them up.
⁶ Blessed be Adonai, because He has heard
the sound of my supplications.
⁷ Adonai is my strength and my shield.^[b]
My heart trusts in Him, and I was helped.
Therefore my heart leaps for joy,
and I will praise Him with my song.
⁸ Adonai is their strength—
a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
⁹ Save Your people, bless Your inheritance,
shepherd them and carry them forever.