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<p class="indent1stline"> For I have walked with integrity; <p class="indent2"> I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Test me, O LORD, and try me; <p class="indent2"> examine my heart<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and mind. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, <p class="indent2"> and I have walked in Your truth. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I do not sit with deceitful men, <p class="indent2"> nor keep company with hypocrites. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I hate the mob of evildoers, <p class="indent2"> and refuse to sit with the wicked. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I wash my hands in innocence <p class="indent2"> that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>to raise my voice in thanksgiving <p class="indent2"> and declare all Your wonderful works. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, <p class="indent2"> the place where Your glory resides. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not take my soul away with sinners, <p class="indent2"> or my life with men of bloodshed, <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>in whose hands are wicked schemes, <p class="indent2"> whose right hands are full of bribes. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But I will walk with integrity; <p class="indent2"> redeem me and be merciful to me. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My feet stand on level ground; <p class="indent2"> in the congregations I will bless the LORD.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>my kidneys</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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