Psalm 25-26

English Standard Version

^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.