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Psalms 26
An unusual prayer: the speaker invites God to put him on trial. "Judge me" and "examine me, prove me, try my heart and my mind" (v.1-2) open a plea built on having kept clear of deceitful men and the assembly of evildoers. Watch the contrast of company. The psalm sorts people by who they sit with: not with the deceitful or bloodthirsty, but going about God's altar and standing in the congregations to bless him.
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Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.
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Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
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For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
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I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
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I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
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I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
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that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
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LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
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Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
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in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
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But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
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My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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Salmo de David. JÚZGAME, oh Jehová, porque yo en mi integridad he andado: confiado he asimismo en Jehová, no vacilaré.
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Pruébame, oh Jehová, y sondéame: examina mis riñones y mi corazón.
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Porque tu misericordia está delante de mis ojos, y en tu verdad ando.
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No me he sentado con hombres de falsedad; ni entré con los que andan encubiertamente.
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Aborrecí la reunión de los malignos, y con los impíos nunca me senté.
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Lavaré en inocencia mis manos, y andaré alrededor de tu altar, oh Jehová:
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Para exclamar con voz de acción de gracias, y para contar todas tus maravillas.
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Jehová, la habitación de tu casa he amado, y el lugar del tabernáculo de tu gloria.
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No juntes con los pecadores mi alma, ni con los hombres de sangres mi vida:
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En cuyas manos está el mal, y su diestra está llena de sobornos.
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Yo empero andaré en mi integridad: redímeme, y ten misericordia de mí.
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Mi pie ha estado en rectitud: en las congregaciones bendeciré á Jehová.
An appeal to be examined, not excused
Most laments ask God to overlook the speaker; this one asks him to look closer. The confidence rests on conduct already lived, walking "in my integrity" (v.1, repeated v.11), washing the hands in innocence around the altar.
Yet it is not pure self-reliance. The same verse that reaffirms integrity also asks, "Redeem me, and be merciful to me" (v.11). Even the upright life ends its prayer leaning on mercy, not on its own record.
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