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 to gether against me, my heart
shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be
confident.

26:4. One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may
see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

26:5. For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he
hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

26:6. He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head
above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his
tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to
the Lord.

26:7. Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have
mercy on me and hear me.

26:8. My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O
Lord, will I still seek.

26:9. Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy
servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O
God my Saviour.

26:10. For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken
me up.

26:11. Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path,
because of my enemies.

26:12. Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for
unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to
itself.

26:13. I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the
living.