Chapter 25

David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may come to worship him in his tabernacle.

1. 1

   Unto the end. A psalm for David.

2. 2

   Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

3. 3

   For thy mercy is before my eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4. 4

   I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

5. 5

   I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

6. 6

   I will wash my hands among the innocent: and will compass thy altar, O Lord.

7. 7

   That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8. 8

   I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9. 9

   Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

10. 10

    In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

11. 11

    But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12. 12

    My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.