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Psalm 26:1-6

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I Will Bless the Lord

1 1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have 2walked in my integrity, and I have 3trusted in the Lord without wavering.
2 4Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and 5my mind. [a]
3 For your 6steadfast love is before my eyes, and I 7walk in your 8faithfulness.
4 I do not 9sit with men of 10falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.
5 I 11hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
6 I 12wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
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Psalm 26:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalm of David. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, and is an appeal made to God, the Judge of the whole earth, by the psalmist, for his innocence and integrity; Theodoret thinks it was written by David when he fled from Saul.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 12

  • 1. 26:1 See Ps. 7:8
  • 2. 26:1 ver. 11
  • 3. 26:1 See Ps. 11:1
  • 4. 26:2 See Ps. 7:9; 17:3; 139:23
  • 5. 26:2 Ps. 7:9
  • 6. 26:3 [Ps. 25:10]
  • 7. 26:3 2 Kgs. 20:3; [Ps. 86:11]
  • 8. 26:3 [Ps. 25:10]
  • 9. 26:4 See Ps. 1:1
  • 10. 26:4 Job 11:11
  • 11. 26:5 Ps. 31:6; 139:21, 22
  • 12. 26:6 Ps. 73:13; [Ex. 30:19, 20; Deut. 21:6]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 26:2 Hebrew 'test my kidneys and my heart'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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