26:1 <<[A Psalm] of David.>> Judge me, {a} O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide. (a) He flees to God to be the judge of his just cause, seeing there is no equity among men. 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my {b} reins and my heart. (b) My very affections and inward motions of the heart. 26:3 For thy {c} lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. (c) He shows what stayed him, that he did not recompense evil for evil. 26:4 I have not {d} sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. (d) He declares that they cannot walk in simplicity before God, that delight in the company of the ungodly. 26:6 I will {e} wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: (e) I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the godly that sacrifice to you. 26:9 {f} Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked. 26:10 In whose hands [is] {g} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. (g) Whose cruel hands execute the malicious devises of their hearts. 26:12 My foot standeth in {h} an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. (h) I am preserved from my enemies by the power of God, and therefore will praise him openly. | |