I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

¹qVindicate me, O Lord,

for I have rwalked in my integrity,

and I have strusted in the Lord without wavering.

²tProve me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and umy mind.1

³For your vsteadfast love is before my eyes,

and I wwalk in your vfaithfulness.

⁴I do not xsit with men of yfalsehood,

nor do I consort with hypocrites.

⁵I zhate the assembly of evildoers,

and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I awash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, O Lord,

⁷proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,

and telling all your bwondrous deeds.

⁸O Lord, I clove the habitation of your house

and the place where your glory dwells.

⁹dDo not sweep my soul away with sinners,

nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

¹⁰in whose hands are evil devices,

and whose right hands are full of ebribes.

¹¹But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

redeem me, and be gracious to me.

¹²My foot stands on flevel ground;

in gthe great assembly I will bless the Lord.

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

¹The Lord is my hlight and my isalvation;

jwhom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold1 of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evildoers assail me

to keat up my flesh,

my adversaries and foes,

it is they who stumble and fall.

³lThough an army encamp against me,

my heart shall not fear;

though war arise against me,

yet2 I will be confident.

⁴mOne thing have I asked of the Lord,

that will I seek after:

that I may ndwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to gaze upon othe beauty of the Lord

and to inquire3 in his temple.

⁵For he will phide me in his shelter

in the day of trouble;

he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

he will qlift me high upon a rock.

⁶And now my rhead shall be lifted up

above my enemies all around me,

and I will offer in his tent

sacrifices with shouts of sjoy;

tI will sing and make melody to the Lord.

⁷uHear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

be gracious to me and answer me!

⁸You have said, v“Seek4 my face.”

My heart says to you,

“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”5

⁹wHide 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,

xO God of my salvation!

¹⁰For ymy father and my mother have forsaken me,

but the Lord will ztake me in.

¹¹aTeach me your way, O Lord,

and lead me on ba level path

because of my enemies.

¹²cGive me not up to the will of my adversaries;

for dfalse witnesses have risen against me,

and they ebreathe out violence.

¹³I believe that I shall look6 upon fthe goodness of the Lord

in gthe land of the living!

¹⁴hWait for the Lord;

ibe strong, and let your heart take courage;

wait for the Lord!