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Psalms 26
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
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King James Version · 1611
1 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.
1Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
2Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
7That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.
7That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
8Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.