Psalm 25-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
A Plea for Deliverance and Forgiveness
A Psalm of David.

25 To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
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O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
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Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

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Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
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Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.

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Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
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Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

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Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
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The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
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All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
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For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

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Who is the man that fears the Lord?
Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
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He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
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The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.
15
My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted.
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The troubles of my heart have enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses!
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Look on my affliction and my pain,
And forgive all my sins.
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Consider my enemies, for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
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Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
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Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

22
Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all their troubles!
A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption
A Psalm of David.

26 Vindicate me, O Lord,
For I have walked in my integrity.
I have also trusted in the Lord;
I shall not slip.
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Examine me, O Lord, and prove me;
Try my mind and my heart.
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For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your truth.
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I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
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I have hated the assembly of evildoers,
And will not sit with the wicked.

6
I will wash my hands in innocence;
So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
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That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,
And tell of all Your wondrous works.
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Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place where Your glory dwells.

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Do not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
10
In whose hands is a sinister scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

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But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful to me.
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My foot stands in an even place;
In the congregations I will bless the Lord.
An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
A Psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
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When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.

4
One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
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For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.

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And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

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Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
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Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
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When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take care of me.

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Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
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Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
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I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

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Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!