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Psalm 26

Psa. 26:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Judge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
me, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; for I have walked
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
in mine integrity
tom (Hebrew #8537)
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
KJV usage: full, integrity, perfect(-ion), simplicity, upright(-ly, -ness), at a venture. See 8550.
Pronounce: tome
Origin: from 8552
: I have trusted
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
also in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; therefore I shall not slide
ma`ad (Hebrew #4571)
to waver
KJV usage: make to shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: maw-ad'
Origin: a primitive root
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1-12:  David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity.
Judge.
Psa. 7:8• 8Jehovah will govern the peoples:{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness{HR}And according to mine integrity [that is] upon me. (Psa. 7:8)
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Psa. 35:24• 24Judge me according to thy righteousness,{HR}O Jehovah my God,{HR}And let them not rejoice over me. (Psa. 35:24)
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Psa. 43:1• 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause with an ungodly nation;{HR}From a man of deceit and iniquity do thou deliver me. (Psa. 43:1)
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Psa. 54:1• 1To the chief musician, upon Neginoth ; an instruction of David, when the Ziphites went in and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?{HR}O God, by thy name save me,{HR}By thy might judge (vindicate) me. (Psa. 54:1)
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1 Sam. 24:15• 15{i}Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 24:15)
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1 Sam. 24•  (1 Sam. 24)
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1 Cor. 4:3‑6• 3but to me it amounteth to very little that I be examined by you, or by man's day.
4Nay, I do not examine even myself, for I am conscious to myself of nothing, yet I am not justified by this, but he that examineth me is the Lord.
5So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall each have his praise from God.
6And these things, brethren, I transferred to myself and Apollos on your account, that ye may in our case learn, Nothing above what is written, in order that ye be not puffed up one for one against another.
(1 Cor. 4:3‑6)
for.
trusted.
I shall.
 Book 1, Series 5. The beginning of sorrows. (“The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy” by B. Anstey)
 The integrity of the godly man inviting the searchings of God, that, separate from sinners, he may worship at God’s altar, and witness to God’s wondrous works before the world. (Psalm 26 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slipb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "totter," "waver."

W. Kelly Translation

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Of David.{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah,{HR}For I have walked in mine integrity,{HR}And in Jehovah have I trusted;{HR}I shall not be moved.