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Psalms 26
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
1The 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?
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.
2 Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:
2Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
2Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.
3If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.
3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
4One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
4I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.
5For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
5I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
6 I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,
6He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.
6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
7 That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.
7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
7That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.
8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
8My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
9Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
10 In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
10For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.
10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.
11Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.
12Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
12I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.