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href="../psalms/25.htm" title="Psalm 25">◄</a> Psalm 26 <a href="../psalms/27.htm" title="Psalm 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/psalms/26.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text Ps-26-1"><i>A Psalm</i> of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-26-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Vindicate me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-1">For I have walked in my integrity.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-1">I have also trusted in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-1">I shall not slip.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Examine me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>prove me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-2">Try my mind and my heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For Your lovingkindness <i>is</i> before my eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-3">And I have walked in Your truth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-4">Nor will I go in with hypocrites.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I have hated the assembly of evildoers,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-5">And will not sit with the wicked.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will wash my hands in innocence;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-6">So I will go about Your altar, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-7">And tell of all Your wondrous works.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, I have loved the habitation of Your house,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-8">And the place <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>where Your glory dwells.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> not gather my soul with sinners,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-9">Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In whose hands <i>is</i> a sinister scheme,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-10">And whose right hand is full of bribes.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-11">Redeem me and be merciful to me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My foot stands in an even place;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-26-12">In the congregations I will bless the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14276a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 26:2">Psalm 26:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>test me</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14282b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 26:8">Psalm 26:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>of the tabernacle of Your glory</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14283c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 26:9">Psalm 26:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Do not take away</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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