Psalm 24-28

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^3 (D)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his ^(E)holy place?
^4 (F)He who has ^(G)clean hands and ^(H)a pure heart,
    who does not ^(I)lift up his soul to ^(J)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
⁵ He will receive ^(K)blessing from the Lord
    and ^(L)righteousness from ^(M)the God of his salvation.
⁶ Such is ^(N)the generation of those who seek him,
    who ^(O)seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[b] Selah

^7 (P)Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that ^(Q)the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, ^(R)mighty in battle!
⁹ Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?
    ^(S)The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah

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

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

^8 (AG)Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he ^(AH)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 ^(AI)steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹ For your ^(AJ)name's sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is ^(AK)great.
¹² Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him ^(AL)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³ His soul shall ^(AM)abide in well-being,
    and his ^(AN)offspring ^(AO)shall inherit the land.
^14 (AP)The friendship^[d] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵ My ^(AQ)eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will ^(AR)pluck my feet out of the net.

^16 (AS)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 (AT)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!
    ^(AU)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 (AV)Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all his troubles.

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

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

⁸ O Lord, I ^(BJ)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
^9 (BK)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 ^(BL)bribes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

^7 (CB)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸ You have said, ^(CC)“Seek^[i] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^{[j]
9     (CD)}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,
    ^(CE)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ For ^(CF)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(CG)take me in.

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

¹³ I believe that I shall look^[k] upon ^(CM)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(CN)the land of the living!
^14 (CO)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(CP)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

³ Do not ^(CW)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(CX)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
^4 (CY)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;
    ^(CZ)render them their due reward.
⁵ Because they ^(DA)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 ^(DB)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(DC)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(DD)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(DE)song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people;^[m]
    he is ^(DF)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹ Oh, save your people and bless ^(DG)your heritage!
    ^(DH)Be their shepherd and ^(DI)carry them forever.