Psalms 26 — AAB

Vindicate Me, O LORD

Of David.

26Verse 1Vindicate me, O LORD!
For I have walked with integrity;I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.^{Verse 2}Test me, O LORD, and try me;examine my heart⁺and mind.^{Verse 3}For Your loving devotion is before my eyes,and I have walked in Your truth.^{Verse 4}I do not sit with deceitful men,nor keep company with hypocrites.^{Verse 5}I hate the mob of evildoers,and refuse to sit with the wicked.^{Verse 6}I wash my hands in innocencethat I may go about Your altar, O LORD,^{Verse 7}to raise my voice in thanksgivingand declare all Your wonderful works.^{Verse 8}O LORD, I love the house where You dwell,the place where Your glory resides.^{Verse 9}Do not take my soul away with sinners,or my life with men of bloodshed,^{Verse 10}in whose hands are wicked schemes,whose right hands are full of bribes.^{Verse 11}But I will walk with integrity;redeem me and be merciful to me.^{Verse 12}My feet stand on level ground;in the congregations I will bless the LORD.