Psalms 26
26
PSALM 26
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk'd
in mine integrity:
I trusted also in the Lord;
slide therefore shall not I.
2Examine me, and do me prove;
try heart and reins, O God:
3For thy love is before mine eyes,
thy truth's paths I have trode.
4With persons vain I have not sat,
nor with dissemblers gone:
5Th' assembly of ill men I hate;
to sit with such I shun.
6Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,
I'll wash and purify;
So to thine holy altar go,
and compass it will I:
7That I, with voice of thanksgiving,
may publish and declare,
And tell of all thy mighty works,
that great and wondrous are.
8The habitation of thy house,
Lord, I have loved well;
Yea, in that place I do delight
where doth thine honour dwell.
9With sinners gather not my soul,
and such as blood would spill:
10Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand
corrupting bribes do fill.
11But as for me, I will walk on
in mine integrity:
Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord,
be merciful to me.
12My foot upon an even place
doth stand with stedfastness:
Within the congregations
th' Eternal I will bless.
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Psalms 26
26
A Prayer for Vindication
Of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.
2Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me.
Try my innermost being#Literally “kidneys,” the locus of intense thoughts and emotions in biblical Hebrew and my mind.#Literally “heart”
3Because your loyal love is before my eyes,
and I walk about in your faithfulness.
4I do not sit with deceitful people,
nor will I go about with hypocrites.
5I hate the crowd of evildoers,
and with the wicked I will not sit.
6I will wash my hands in innocence,
and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,
7to declare with a voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
8O Yahweh, I love the dwelling of your house,#Or “temple”
and the place where your glory abides.#Literally “the place of the dwelling place of your glory”
9Do not destroy me#Or “gather my soul for judgment” with the sinners,
nor my life with men of bloodshed,
10in whose hands is an evil plan,
and whose right hand is full of bribes.#Hebrew “bribe”
11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me and be gracious to me.
12My foot stands on level ground.
In assemblies I will bless Yahweh.
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