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Protestation of Integrity and Prayer for Protection.
A Psalm of David.
1AVindicate me, O Lord, for I have Bwalked in my integrity,
And I have Ctrusted in the Lord 2Dwithout wavering.
AExamine me, O Lord, and try me;
BTest my 1mind and my heart.
For Your Alovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have Bwalked in Your 1truth.
I do not Asit with 1deceitful men,
Nor will I go with 2Bpretenders.
I Ahate the assembly of evildoers,
And I will not sit with the wicked.
I shall Awash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about BYour altar, O Lord,
That I may proclaim with the voice of Athanksgiving
And declare all Your 1wonders.
O Lord, I Alove the habitation of Your house
And the place 1where Your Bglory dwells.
ADo not 1take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with Bmen of bloodshed,
10 In whose hands is a Awicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of Bbribes.
11 But as for me, I shall Awalk in my integrity;
BRedeem me, and be gracious to me.
12  AMy foot stands on a Blevel place;
In the Ccongregations I shall bless the Lord.
1 26:1 Lit Judge A 26:1 Ps 7:8 B 26:1 2 Kin 20:3; Prov 20:7 C 26:1 Ps 13:5; 28:7 2 26:1 Lit I do not slide D 26:1 Heb 10:23 A 26:2 Ps 17:3; 139:23 B 26:2 Ps 7:9 1 26:2 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man A 26:3 Ps 48:9 B 26:3 2 Kin 20:3; Ps 86:11 1 26:3 Or faithfulness A 26:4 Ps 1:1 1 26:4 Or worthless men; lit men of falsehood 2 26:4 Or dissemblers, hypocrites B 26:4 Ps 28:3 A 26:5 Ps 31:6; 139:21 A 26:6 Ps 73:13 B 26:6 Ps 43:3, 4 A 26:7 Ps 9:1 1 26:7 Or miracles A 26:8 Ps 27:4 1 26:8 Lit of the tabernacle of Your glory B 26:8 Ps 24:7 A 26:9 Ps 28:3 1 26:9 Lit gather B 26:9 Ps 139:19 A 26:10 Ps 37:7 B 26:10 Ps 15:5 A 26:11 Ps 26:1 B 26:11 Ps 44:26; 69:18 A 26:12 Ps 40:2 B 26:12 Ps 27:11 C 26:12 Ps 22:22