• Psalm 26
• Judica me, Domine

¹ To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

my God, I put my trust in you; *

let me not be humiliated,

nor let my enemies triumph over me.

² Let none who look to you be put to shame; *

let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.

³ Show me your ways, O LORD, *

and teach me your paths.

⁴ Lead me in your truth and teach me, *

for you are the God of my salvation;

in you have I trusted all the day long.

⁵ Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love, *

for they are from everlasting.

⁶ Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *

remember me according to your love

and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.

⁷ Gracious and upright is the LORD; *

therefore he teaches sinners in his way.

⁸ He guides the humble in doing right *

and teaches his way to the lowly.

⁹ All the paths of the LORD are love and faithfulness *

to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹⁰ For your Name's sake, O LORD, *

forgive my sin, for it is great.

¹¹ Who are they who fear the LORD? *

he will teach them the way that they should choose.

¹² They shall dwell in prosperity, *

and their offspring shall inherit the land.

¹³ The LORD is a friend to those who fear him *

and will show them his covenant.

¹⁴ My eyes are ever looking to the LORD, *

for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁵ Turn to me and have pity on me, *

for I am left alone and in misery.

¹⁶ The sorrows of my heart have increased; *

bring me out of my troubles.

¹⁷ Look upon my adversity and misery *

and forgive me all my sin.

¹⁸ Look upon my enemies, for they are many, *

and they bear a violent hatred against me.

¹⁹ Protect my life and deliver me; *

let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in you.

²⁰ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, *

for my hope has been in you.

²¹ Deliver Israel, O God, *

out of all his troubles.