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 my 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 Savior, 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.