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Psalm 26

Dauid oppreſſed with many iniuries, finding no helpe in the worlde, calleth for aide from God: & aſſured of his integritie toward Saúl, deſireth God to be his iudge, & to defend his innocencie. 6 Finally he maketh menciõ of his ſacrifice, which he wil offre for his deliuerance, & deſireth to be in the cõpanie of the faithful in the Cõgregaciõ of God, whẽce he was baniſhed by Saúl, promiſing integritie of life, & open praiſes & thãkeſgiuing.
¶ A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.IVdge me, ô Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocencie: my truſt hathe bene alſo in the Lord: therefore ſhal I not ſlide.
2.Proue me, ô Lord, and trye me: examine my reines, and mine heart.
3.For thy louing kindenes is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.
4.I haue not hanted with vaine perſones, nether kept cõpanie with the diſſemblers.
5.I haue hated the aſſemblie of the euil, & haue not companied with the wicked.
6.I wil waſh mine hands in innocencie, ô Lord, and compaſſe thine altar,
7.That I maie declare with the voice of thankeſgiuing, and ſet forthe all thy wonderous workes.
8.O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine houſe, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9.Gather not my ſoule with the ſinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
10.In whoſe hands is wickednes, and their right hand is ful of bribes.
11.But I wil walke in mine innocẽcie: redeme me therefore, and be merciful vnto me.
12.My fote ſtandeth in vprightnes: I wil praiſe thee, ô Lord, in the Congregations.

Notes

1:a.
He fleeth to God to be the Iudge of his iuſt cauſe, ſeĩg there is no equitie among men.
2:b.
My very affections & inward motions of the heart
3:c.
He ſheweth what ſtayed him, y he did not recõpence euil for euil
4:d.
He declareth that thei can not walke in ſimplicitie before God, that delite in the companie of y vngodlie
6:e.
I wil ſerue thee w a pure affection, and with the godlie that ſacrifice vnto thee.
9:f.
Deſtroye me not in y ouerthrowe of the wicked.
10:g.
Whoſe cruel hands do execute the maliceous deuiſes of their heartes
12:h.
I am preſerued from mine enemies by y power of God, and therefore wil praiſe him openly.