40 Days of Chant, Psalms 25 and 26

Either I am running out of ideas or pushing myself into new creative ideas.  For psalm 25 I tried to write a chant where the soprano line was all half step chromatic motion.  I think it sounds cool and even conveys the joy of the text.

1	To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; my God, I put my trust in you; *     let me not be humiliated,     nor let my enemies triumph over me.
2	Let none who look to you be put to shame; *     let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.
3	Show me your ways, O LORD, *     and teach me your paths.
4	Lead me in your truth and teach me, *     for you are the God of my salvation;     in you have I trusted all the day long.
5	Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love, *     for they are from everlasting.

6	Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *     remember me according to your love     and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.
7	Gracious and upright is the LORD; *     therefore he teaches sinners in his way.
8	He guides the humble in doing right *     and teaches his way to the lowly.
9	All the paths of the LORD are love and faithfulness *     to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10	For your Name's sake, O LORD, *     forgive my sin, for it is great.
11	Who are they who fear the LORD? *     he will teach them the way that they should choose.
12	They shall dwell in prosperity, *     and their offspring shall inherit the land.
13	The LORD is a friend to those who fear him *     and will show them his covenant.
14	My eyes are ever looking to the LORD, *     for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
15	Turn to me and have pity on me, *     for I am left alone and in misery.
16	The sorrows of my heart have increased; *     bring me out of my troubles.
17	Look upon my adversity and misery *     and forgive me all my sin.
18	Look upon my enemies, for they are many, *     and they bear a violent hatred against me. 19 Protect my life and deliver me; *

    let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in you.

20 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, *

    for my hope has been in you.

21 Deliver Israel, O God, *

    out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26 is yet another psalm that goes from begging God to save the psalmist that transitions into assurance that God has already provided.  So, I start in Emin and then cadence on C Major.  I'm not sure that repeating this 12 times will not sound jarring.  What do you think?

1	Give judgment for me, O LORD, for I have lived with integrity; *     I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2	Test me, O LORD, and try me; *     examine my heart and my mind.
3	For your love is before my eyes; *     I have walked faithfully with you.
4	I have not sat with the worthless, *     nor do I consort with the deceitful.
5	I have hated the company of evildoers; *     I will not sit down with the wicked.
6	I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, *     that I may go in procession round your altar,
7	Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *     and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
8	LORD, I love the house in which you dwell *     and the place where your glory abides.
9	Do not sweep me away with sinners, *     nor my life with those who thirst for blood, 10 Whose hands are full of evil plots, *     and their right hand full of bribes.     11 As for me, I will live with integrity; *     redeem me, O LORD, and have pity on me.     12 My foot stands on level ground; *     in the full assembly I will bless the LORD.