Psalm 26:1
New International Version
Of David. Vindicate me, LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD and have not faltered.

New Living Translation
Declare me innocent, O LORD, for I have acted with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

English Standard Version
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Berean Standard Bible
Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

King James Bible
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

New King James Version
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip.

New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

NASB 1995
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

NASB 1977
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of David. Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver.

Amplified Bible
A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the LORD without wavering and I shall not slip.

Christian Standard Bible
Of David. Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Davidic. Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

American Standard Version
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Judge me, LORD JEHOVAH, because I have walked in my integrity. I have hoped in LORD JEHOVAH; I shall not move.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Contemporary English Version
Show that I am right, LORD! I stay true to myself, and I have trusted you without doubting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

English Revised Version
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[By David.] Judge me favorably, O LORD, because I have walked with integrity and I have trusted you without wavering.

Good News Translation
Declare me innocent, O LORD, because I do what is right and trust you completely.

International Standard Version
Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

JPS Tanakh 1917
[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Literal Standard Version
BY DAVID. Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in my integrity, | And I have trusted in YHWH, | I do not slide.

Majority Standard Bible
Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

New American Bible
Of David. Judge me, LORD! For I have walked in my integrity. In the LORD I trust; I do not falter.

NET Bible
By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.

New Revised Standard Version
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

New Heart English Bible
[By David.] Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in LORD without wavering.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

World English Bible
By David. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

Young's Literal Translation
By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Vindicate Me, O LORD
1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.…

Cross References
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

2 Kings 20:3
"Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Psalm 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

Psalm 13:5
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalm 26:11
But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.


Treasury of Scripture

Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

for

Psalm 26:11
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Psalm 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Psalm 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

trusted

Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

Psalm 25:2
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

I shall

Psalm 21:7
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Psalm 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Psalm 62:2,6
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved…

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Psalm 26
1. David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity














(1) Judge me--i.e., do me justice, "vindicate me."

I shall not slide.--Rather, I have trusted in Jehovah without wavering.

Verse 1. - Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity. It seems to Christians a bold act to call on God for judgment, but the saints of the earlier dispensation, having, perhaps, a less keen sense of human imperfection, were wont to do so. It is Job's cry from his first utterance until his "words are ended;" and here we find David taking it up and re-echoing it. Man longs to hear the sentence of acquittal from the great Judge. Like Job, David asserts his "integrity," and in the same qualified sense. He is sincere in his endeavours to do right. Yet still he needs mercy and redemption (see ver. 11). I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. (comp. Psalm 18:36; Psalm 37:31). David is confident of his past; for the future he trusts in God to uphold his steps, and save him from slips and falls.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Of David.
לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

Vindicate me,
שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי (šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

O LORD!
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
אֲ֭נִי (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have walked
הָלַ֑כְתִּי (hā·laḵ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

with integrity;
בְּתֻמִּ֣י (bə·ṯum·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8537: Completeness, integrity, also part of the high priest's breastplate

I have trusted
בָּ֝טַ֗חְתִּי (bā·ṭaḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in the LORD
וּבַיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

without
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

wavering.
אֶמְעָֽד׃ (’em·‘āḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4571: To slip, slide, totter, shake


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