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Psalms 26

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1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.

4I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

5I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

6I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

7That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

10In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

12My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 26:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 26:1.

1 Peter 1:5
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Psalms 35:24
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalms 21:7
For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.
Psalms 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation: He ismy high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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