24:10. All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek
after his covenant and his testimonies.
24:11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is
great.
24:12. Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a
law in the way he hath chosen.
24:13. His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit
the land.
24:14. The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant
shall be made manifest to them.
24:15. My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet
out of the snare.
24:16. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and
poor.
24:17. The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my
necessities.
24:18. See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
24:19. Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me
with an unjust hatred.
24:20. Deep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I
have hoped in thee.
24:21. The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have
waited on thee.
24:22. Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.
Psalms Chapter 25
Judica me, Domine.
David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may
come to worship him in his tabernacle.
25:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have
walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall
not be weakened.
25:2. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.
25:3. For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy
truth.
25:4. I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in
with the doers of unjust things.
25:5. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I
will not sit.
25:6. I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy
altar, O Lord:
25:7. That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy
wondrous works.
25:8. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place
where thy glory dwelleth.
25:9. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with
bloody men:
25:10. In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with
gifts.
25:11. But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and
have mercy on me.
25:12. My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will
bless thee, O Lord.
Psalms Chapter 26
Dominus illuminatio.
David's faith and hope in God.
26:1. The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light
and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my
life: of whom shall I be afraid?
26:2. Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My
enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have
fallen.
26:3. If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart
shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I
be confident.
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