Psalm 26-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
2
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me;
Try my mind and my heart.
3
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your truth.
4
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
5
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,
7
That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,
And tell of all Your wondrous works.
8
Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place where Your glory dwells.

9
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.

11
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful to me.
12
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?
2
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.
5
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.

6
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.

7
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8
When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
9
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.
10
When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take care of me.

11
Teach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
12
Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
13
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

14
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!