Psalm 26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Chapter summary

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'Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity.' David invites examination ('try my heart and my mind') and describes the separated life: he has not sat with men of falsehood, hates the assembly of evil-doers, washes his hands in innocency and compasses Jehovah's altar. 'Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.' Gather not my soul with sinners; my foot standeth in an even place.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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1 John 11 verse
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