Psalms 26
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.
3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.
6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.
10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
13I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
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14Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
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