Psalm 26

Psalm 26:1[1] Defend me, Yahveh, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in Yahveh without wavering.

Psalm 26:2 Test me, Yahveh, and try me; examine my heart and mind

Psalm 26:3 because your covenant faithfulness guides me, and I live by your truth.

Psalm 26:4 I do not sit with the trivial or associate with hypocrites.

Psalm 26:5 I hate a crowd of evildoers, and I do not sit with the wicked.

Psalm 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, Yahveh,

Psalm 26:7 raising my voice in thanksgiving and telling about your wondrous works.

Psalm 26:8 Yahveh, I love the house where you live,[2] the place where your glory resides.

Psalm 26:9 Do not destroy my throat along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed

Psalm 26:10 in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

Psalm 26:11 But I walk with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.

Psalm 26:12 My foot stands on level ground; I will bless Yahveh in the assemblies.

[1]superscription: of David.

[2]מָעוֹן = where someone lives.

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Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina. View all posts by Jefferson Vann