Psalm 26
A Protestation of
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Judge me, O LORD;
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for I have walked in mine integrity: |
I have trusted also in the LORD; |
therefore I shall not
slide. |
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2 |
Examine me, O LORD,
and prove me;
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try my reins and my
heart. |
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3 |
For thy loving-kindness is before
mine eyes:
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and I have walked in thy
truth. |
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4 |
I have not sat with vain persons,
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neither will I go in with
dissemblers. |
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5 |
I have hated the congregation of
evildoers;
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and will not sit with the wicked.
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I will wash mine hands in innocency:
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so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: |
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7 |
that I may publish with the voice of
thanksgiving,
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and tell of all thy wondrous works.
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8 |
LORD, I have loved
the habitation of thy house,
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and the place where thine honor
dwelleth. |
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9 |
Gather not my soul with sinners,
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nor my life with bloody
men: |
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10 |
in whose hands is mischief,
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and their right hand is full of bribes.
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But as for me, I will walk in mine
integrity:
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redeem me, and be merciful unto
me. |
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12 |
My foot standeth in an even place:
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in the congregations will I bless the LORD. |
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