Psalms 26
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.
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?
2Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
2Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
3For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
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.
4I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
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.
5I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
5For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
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.
7that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
8LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
8My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.
9Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
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.
10in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
10For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.
11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
11Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies.
12My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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.
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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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