Psalm 26: Prayer of an Innocent Man of David
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Psalm 26: Prayer of an Innocent Man
1 Of David.
I
Do me justice, O Lord! for I have walked in integrity, and in the Lord trust without wavering.
2 Search me, O Lord, and try me; test my soul and my heart.
II
3 For your kindness is before my eyes, and I walk in your truth.
4 I stay not with worthless men, nor do I consort with hypocrites.
5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and with the wicked I will not stay.
6 I wash my hands in innocence, and I go around your altar, O Lord,
7 Giving voice to my thanks, and recounting all your wondrous deeds.
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.
III
9 Gather not my soul with those of sinners, nor with men of blood my life.
10 On their hands are crimes, and their right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I walk in integrity; redeem me, and have pity on me.
12 My foot stands on level ground; in the assemblies I will bless the Lord.
Though in Psalm 26: Prayer of an Innocent Man David’s trials are different than ours, we can use his words as a prayer to God for our circumstances as well when we want to “trust without wavering” in the Lord and ask for God’s help and protection.
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