Psalm 26; Psalm 40; Psalm 58; Psalm 61; Psalm 62; Psalm 64

1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:

8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

3For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

4Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

5For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance reserved for those who fear Your name.

6Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

8Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.

1In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

3How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

10Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

1Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

10Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.