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Psalm 26 Geneva Bible (1599)

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1 A Psalme of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide.
1 By David. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
2 Proue me, O Lord, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.
2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
3 For thy louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.
3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
4 I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.
4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
5 I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked.
5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,
7 That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.
7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
8 O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
9 Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
9 Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
10 In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.
10 in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.
11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12 My foote standeth in vprightnesse: I will praise thee, O Lord, in the Congregations.
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.

  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

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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).

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)