Psalms 26:5-12

⁵For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.

⁶And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing, even sing psalms to the Lord.

⁷Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.

⁸My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek.

⁹Turn not thy face away from me, turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not.

¹⁰For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself.

¹¹Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.