Psalm 25-29

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^4 (H)Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Lead me in your ^(I)truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.

⁶ Remember your ^(J)mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    ^(K)for they have been from of old.
⁷ Remember not ^(L)the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your ^(M)steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

^8 (N)Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he ^(O)instructs sinners in the way.
⁹ He leads the humble in what is right,
    and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are ^(P)steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹ For your ^(Q)name's sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is ^(R)great.
¹² Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him ^(S)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³ His soul shall ^(T)abide in well-being,
    and his ^(U)offspring ^(V)shall inherit the land.
^14 (W)The friendship^[b] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵ My ^(X)eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will ^(Y)pluck my feet out of the net.

^16 (Z)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
    bring me out of my distresses.
^18 (AA)Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹ Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.
²⁰ Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
    ^(AB)Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

^22 (AC)Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all his troubles.

⁴ I do not ^(AL)sit with men of ^(AM)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I ^(AN)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I ^(AO)wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
    and telling all your ^(AP)wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I ^(AQ)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
^9 (AR)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰ in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of ^(AS)bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on ^(AT)level ground;
    in ^(AU)the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

² When evildoers assail me
    to ^(AY)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

^3 (AZ)Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet^[e] I will be confident.

^4 (BA)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may ^(BB)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon ^(BC)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire^[f] in his temple.

⁵ For he will ^(BD)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will ^(BE)lift me high upon a rock.

⁶ And now my ^(BF)head shall be lifted up
    above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of ^(BG)joy;
^(BH)I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

^7 (BI)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸ You have said, ^(BJ)“Seek^[g] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^{[h]
9     (BK)}Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    ^(BL)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ For ^(BM)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(BN)take me in.

^11 (BO)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on ^(BP)a level path
    because of my enemies.
^12 (BQ)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for ^(BR)false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they ^(BS)breathe out violence.

¹³ I believe that I shall look^[i] upon ^(BT)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(BU)the land of the living!
^14 (BV)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(BW)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

³ Do not ^(CD)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(CE)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
^4 (CF)Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
    ^(CG)render them their due reward.
⁵ Because they ^(CH)do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(CI)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(CJ)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(CK)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(CL)song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people;^[k]
    he is ^(CM)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹ Oh, save your people and bless ^(CN)your heritage!
    ^(CO)Be their shepherd and ^(CP)carry them forever.

³ The voice of the Lord is over ^(CS)the waters;
    the God of glory ^(CT)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
⁴ The voice of the Lord is ^(CU)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks ^(CV)the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon to ^(CW)skip like a calf,
    and ^(CX)Sirion like a young ^(CY)wild ox.

⁷ The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of ^(CZ)Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of the Lord makes ^(DA)the deer give birth^[n]
    and strips the forests bare,
    and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over ^(DB)the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned ^(DC)as king forever.
¹¹ May the Lord give ^(DD)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless^[o] his people with ^(DE)peace!