ther will I have fellowship
with the deceitful.

5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked: and will not sit
among the ungodly.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord: and so will I go to
thine altar; 7 That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving: and tell
of all thy wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house: and the place
where thine honour dwelleth.

9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners: nor my life with the
blood-thirsty;

10 In whose hands is wickedness: and their right hand is full of
gifts.

11 But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be
merciful unto me.

12 My foot standeth right: I will praise the Lord in the
congregations.

PSALM 27. _Dominus illuminatio_.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom I then shall I fear:
the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to
eat up my flesh: they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my
heart be afraid: and though there rose up war against me, yet will
I put my trust in him.

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require: even
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle:
yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set
me up upon a rock of stone.

6 And now shall he lift up mine head: above mine enemies round
about me.

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great
gladness: I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy
upon me, and hear me.

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: Thy face, Lord,
will I seek.

10 O hide not thou thy face from me: nor cast thy servant away in
displeasure.

11 Thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, O
God of my salvation,

12 When my father and my mother forsake me: the Lord taketh me up.

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord: and lead me in the right way, because
of mine enemies.

14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries: for there
are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.

15 I should utterly have fainted: but that I believe verily to see
the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

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