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A Prayer for Vindication

Of David.[a]

26 Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.
Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me.
Try my innermost being[b] and my mind.[c]
Because your loyal love is before my eyes,
and I walk about in your faithfulness.
I do not sit with deceitful people,
nor will I go about with hypocrites.
I hate the crowd of evildoers,
and with the wicked I will not sit.
I will wash my hands in innocence,
and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,
to declare with a voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
O Yahweh, I love the dwelling of your house,[d]
and the place where your glory abides.[e]
Do not destroy me[f] with the sinners,
nor my life with men of bloodshed,
10 in whose hands is an evil plan,
and whose right hand is full of bribes.[g]
11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me and be gracious to me.
12 My foot stands on level ground.
In assemblies I will bless Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 26:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 26:2 Literally “kidneys,” the locus of intense thoughts and emotions in biblical Hebrew
  3. Psalm 26:2 Literally “heart”
  4. Psalm 26:8 Or “temple”
  5. Psalm 26:8 Literally “the place of the dwelling place of your glory”
  6. Psalm 26:9 Or “gather my soul for judgment
  7. Psalm 26:10 Hebrew “bribe”

Salmo 26 (25)

Hazme justicia, Señor.

26 De David.
Hazme justicia, Señor, pues camino con rectitud.
En el Señor confío, jamás dudaré.
Señor, examíname, ponme a prueba,
sondea mi conciencia y mis pensamientos.
Ante mí tengo presente tu amor
y con tu verdad recorro mi camino.
No tomo asiento con los falsos
ni me alío con los hipócritas;
detesto la asamblea de los malvados
y no me siento con los perversos.
Lavo mis manos en señal de inocencia
y me acerco a tu altar, Señor,
para hacer resonar un clamor de gratitud
y proclamar todas tus maravillas.
Señor, yo amo la casa en que habitas,
el lugar que es morada de tu gloria.
No me reúnas con pecadores,
ni con gente sanguinaria,
10 que el mal está en sus manos
y el soborno colma su diestra.
11 Pero yo camino con rectitud,
sálvame y apiádate de mí.
12 Mis pies están firmes en el camino recto.
En medio de la asamblea bendeciré al Señor.