Psalms

Chapter 26

Vindicate Me, O LORD

Of David.

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1 Vindicate me, O LORD!

For I have walked with integrity;

I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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2 Test me, O LORD, and try me;

examine my heart [a] and mind.

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3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes,

and I have walked in Your truth.

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4 I do not sit with deceitful men,

nor keep company with hypocrites.

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5 I hate the mob of evildoers,

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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6 I wash my hands in innocence

that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving

and declare all Your wonderful works.

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8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell,

the place where Your glory resides.

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9 Do not take my soul away with sinners,

or my life with men of bloodshed,

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10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,

whose right hands are full of bribes.

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11 But I will walk with integrity;

redeem me and be merciful to me.

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12 My feet stand on level ground;

in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

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