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Psalm 25 (26) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 26 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (4)

Psalm 25 in CPDV = Psalm 26 in WEB.

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WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.
26:1 By David. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.
26:2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
3 For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.
26:3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
4 I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.
26:4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.
26:5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,
26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,
7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.
26:7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
8 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory.
26:8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,
26:9 Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
10 in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.
26:10 in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.
26:11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.
26:12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.
Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Psalm 28:7; Psalm 7:8; Proverbs 20:7; 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Kings 20:3
  2. 2 Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 7:9; Psalm 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Job 13:23
  3. 3 1 John 1:7; 2 Kings 20:3; Ephesians 4:32–5:2; 2 John 4; 2 Corinthians 8:9
  4. 4 Jeremiah 15:17; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Psalm 119:115
  5. 5 Psalm 31:6; Psalm 101:3–8; Psalm 139:21–22; Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 5:9–11
  6. 6 Psalm 73:13; Isaiah 1:16–18; Titus 3:5; Exodus 30:19–20; Psalm 43:4
  7. 7 Psalm 9:1; Psalm 71:17–19; Psalm 145:5; Psalm 116:12–14; Psalm 118:27
  8. 8 Psalm 84:10; Psalm 27:4–6; John 2:14–17; Psalm 122:9; Psalm 84:1–2
  9. 9 Matthew 25:32; Revelation 22:14–15; Psalm 139:19; Matthew 25:44; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:8; 1 Samuel 8:3; Psalm 52:2; Micah 7:3
  11. 11 Psalm 26:1; Psalm 69:18; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Titus 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:10
  12. 12 Psalm 27:11; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 111:1; 1 Samuel 2:9; Proverbs 10:9

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 26.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 26:12 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I)

    I do not contend in judgment with Thee, who art the Truth; and I would not deceive myself, lest my iniquity lie against itself. I do not, therefore, contend in judgment with Thee, for "if Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" Chapter VI — He Describes His Infancy, and Lauds the Protection and Eternal Providence of… …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 26:5 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVIII)

    And David prophesying of both these, said plainly of the first which was rejected, I have hated the Congregation of evil doers; but of the second which is built up he says in the same Psalm, Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thine house; and immediately afterwards, In the Congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  3. Quotes verse 26:3 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXXII–XXXIV)

    And I, though I both say and perceive this, impede my course with such beauties, but Thou dost rescue me, O Lord, Thou dost rescue me; "for Thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes." For I am taken miserably, and Thou rescuest me mercifully; sometimes not perceiving it, in that I had come upon them hesitatingly; at other times with pain, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 26:6 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XXIII)

    Didst thou not hear the blessed David opening this very mystery, and saying, I will wash my hands in innocency, and so will compass Thine Altar, O Lord?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 26:8 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XII, Chapters XII–XV)

    I have loved thy beauty, and the place of the habitation of the glory of my Lord, thy builder and owner.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)