Psalms 26 (GNV)

Chapter Text

26:1 A Psalme of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide.

26:2 Proue me, O Lord, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.

26:3 For thy louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.

26:4 I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.

26:5 I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked.

26:6 I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,

26:7 That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.

26:8 O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

26:9 Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:

26:10 In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

26:11 But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

26:12 My foote standeth in vprightnesse: I will praise thee, O Lord, in the Congregations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "psalme", "david", "judge", "lord", "haue", "walked", "mine", and "innocency". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "psalme" and "david", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "psalme" and "david" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "psalme" and "david" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.