Psalm 26
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| Verse | BSB | KJV | WEB | ASV |
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| 1 | Vindicate me, O Lord! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. | Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. | Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the Lord without wavering. | Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. |
| 2 | Test me, O Lord, and try me; examine my heart and mind. | Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. | Examine me, Lord, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. | Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind. |
| 3 | For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. | For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. | For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. | For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth. |
| 4 | I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. | I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. | I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. | I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. |
| 5 | I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. | I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. | I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. | I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. |
| 6 | I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O Lord, | I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: | I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Lord, | I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah; |
| 7 | to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works. | That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. | that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds. | That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works. |
| 8 | O Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. | Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. | Lord, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells. | Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth. |
| 9 | Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed, | Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: | Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men | Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood; |
| 10 | in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. | In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. | in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes. | In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes. |
| 11 | But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me. | But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. | But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. | But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me. |
| 12 | My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the Lord. | My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord. | My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the Lord. | My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless Jehovah. |