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Psalms 26
1.Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2.Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3.For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4.I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5.I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6.I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7.That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8.LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9.Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10.In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11.But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12.My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
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Why does the psalmist ask God to 'examine' and 'prove' him?
The psalmist calls God to “examine me” and “prove me; try my reins and my heart” because he appeals to divine inspection as the basis for confident integrity. He insists his conduct—avoiding “vain persons” and washing “mine hands in innocency”—matches his trust, so God’s scrutiny will confirm his faithfulness.
This chapter treats examination as a way to expose and vindicate moral standing, not to produce it; the psalmist expects God to reveal what is already true in him and then to “redeem me, and be merciful unto me.” That move echoes themes in Jeremiah and in Job where honest selves appeal to God’s judgment as witness and advocate.
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