Psalm 26:1-Psalm 27:1 - Prayer For Vindication

¹ Davidic.Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
² Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.
³ For Your faithful love is before my eyes,
and I live by Your truth.

⁴ I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.
⁵ I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.
⁶ I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,
⁷ raising my voice in thanksgiving
and telling about Your wonderful works.

⁸ Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.
⁹ Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed
¹⁰ in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

¹¹ But I live with integrity;
redeem me and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on level ground;
I will praise the Lord in the assemblies.

¹ Davidic.The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom should I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be afraid?