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Smith, Charles Ward. "Commentary on Psalms 26". "Smith's Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/csc/psalms-26.html. 2014.
Smith, Charles Ward. "Commentary on Psalms 26". "Smith's Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verses 1-12
Psalms 26:1-12
In Psalms 26:1-12 , another psalm of David. The first is,
Judge me, O LORD; I have walked in my integrity ( Psalms 26:1 ):
The second:
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart. For thy loving-kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth. And I have not sat with vain persons, neither do I go in with dissemblers [with disgruntles]. I have hated the congregation of evildoers; I will not sit with the wicked. I will wash my hands in innocency ( Psalms 26:2-6 ):
In the seventy-third psalm he said, "I have cleansed my hands in vain in innocency." But here, "I will wash my hands and"
so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of your wondrous works. LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where your honor dwells. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with murderous men: In whose hands is mischief, in their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD ( Psalms 26:6-12 ). "