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I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

 Vindicate me, O Lord,
   for I have walked in my integrity,
   and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
² Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
   test my heart and my mind.^[a]
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
   and I walk in your faithfulness.

⁴ I do not sit with men of falsehood,
nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵ I hate the assembly of evildoers,
and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
and telling all your wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I love the habitation of your house
and the place where your glory dwells.
⁹ Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰ in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on level ground;
in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 26:2 Hebrew test my kidneys and my heart

Cross references:

1. Psalm 26:1 : See Ps. 7:8
2. Psalm 26:1 : ver. 11
3. Psalm 26:1 : See Ps. 11:1
4. Psalm 26:2 : See Ps. 7:9; 17:3; 139:23
5. Psalm 26:2 : Ps. 7:9
6. Psalm 26:3 : [Ps. 25:10]
7. Psalm 26:3 : 2 Kgs. 20:3; [Ps. 86:11]
8. Psalm 26:3 : [Ps. 25:10]
9. Psalm 26:4 : See Ps. 1:1
10. Psalm 26:4 : Job 11:11
11. Psalm 26:5 : Ps. 31:6; 139:21, 22
12. Psalm 26:6 : Ps. 73:13; [Ex. 30:19, 20; Deut. 21:6]
13. Psalm 26:7 : See Ps. 9:1
14. Psalm 26:8 : [Ps. 27:4]
15. Psalm 26:9 : [Ps. 28:3]
16. Psalm 26:10 : Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19
17. Psalm 26:12 : See Ps. 27:11
18. Psalm 26:12 : Ps. 22:25