{"id":326,"date":"2025-10-10T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:20:17","slug":"psalm-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Of David.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Vindicate me, O Lord,<br>for I have <mark style=\"background-color:#ffcfd2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">walked in my integrity<\/mark>,<br>and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.<br>2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;<br>test my heart and my mind.<br>3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,<br>and I walk in your faithfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:2em\"><mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">[Sinners]<\/mark><br><br>4 I do not sit with men of falsehood,<br>nor do I consort with hypocrites.<br>5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,<br>and I will not sit with the wicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:4em\">6 I wash my hands in innocence<br>and go around your <mark style=\"background-color:#90dbf4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">altar<\/mark>, O Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:6em\">7 proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,<br>and telling all your wondrous deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:4em\">8 O Lord, I love the habitation of your <mark style=\"background-color:#90dbf4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">house<\/mark><br>and the <mark style=\"background-color:#90dbf4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">place<\/mark> where your glory dwells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left:2em\"><mark style=\"background-color:#cfbaf0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">[Sinners]<\/mark><br><br>9 Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,<br>nor my life with bloodthirsty men,<br>10 in whose hands are evil devices,<br>and whose right hands are full of bribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 But as for me, I shall <mark style=\"background-color:#ffcfd2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">walk in my integrity<\/mark>;<br>redeem me, and be gracious to me.<br>12 My foot stands on level ground;<br>in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of David. 1 Vindicate me, O Lord,for I have walked in my integrity,and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;test my heart and my mind.3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,and I walk in your faithfulness. [Sinners] 4 I do not sit with men of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patternsinthebible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}