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◄ Psalm 26 ►

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1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

1Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

2Examine me, LORD, and inspect me! Test my heart and mind.

3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

3For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.

4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

4I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

5I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked.

6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

6I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,

7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

7so I may praise you loudly with thanksgiving and declare all your wondrous acts.

8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

8LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides.

9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

9Do not group me with sinners, nor include me with men who shed blood.

10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

10Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

11But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!

12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

12My feet stand on level ground; among the worshiping congregations I will bless the LORD.