Psalm 26 26 Psalms Book 1 Webster Bible Vindicate Me, O LORD 1 WBS A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.BSB BSB: Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 WBS Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. BSB BSB: Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3 WBS For thy loving-kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4 WBS I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. BSB BSB: I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 WBS I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. BSB BSB: I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 WBS I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD: BSB BSB: I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7 WBS That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. BSB BSB: to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8 WBS LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth. BSB BSB: O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9 WBS Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: BSB BSB: Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10 WBS In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. BSB BSB: in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 WBS But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me. BSB BSB: But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 WBS My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. BSB BSB: My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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