Psalms 26
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A psalm of David.
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Defend me, O Lord, for my walk has been blameless; in the Lord have I trusted unswervingly:
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Examine me, Lord, and test me; test my heart and my mind.
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For your love is before my eyes, and your faithfulness governs my way.
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I never sat down with the worthless, nor companied with dissemblers.
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I hate the assembly of knaves, I would never sit down with the wicked;
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but, with hands washed in innocence, I would march round your altar, O Lord,
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singing loud songs of thanks, and telling of all your wonders.
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O Lord, I love your house, the place where your glory lives.
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Do not gather me up with sinners; slay me not with people of blood,
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whose hands are stained with villainy, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.
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But my walk is blameless! O redeem me, be gracious to me.
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My foot stands on even ground, in the choirs I will bless the Lord.
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