I Will Bless the Lord
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Vindicate a me, O LORD,
For I have b walked in my integrity.
c I have also trusted in the LORD;
I shall not slip.
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d Examine me, O LORD, and prove me;
Try my mind and my heart.
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For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And e I have walked in Your truth.
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I have not f sat with idolatrous mortals,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
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I have g hated the assembly of evildoers,
And will not sit with the wicked.
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I will wash my hands in innocence;
So I will go about Your altar, O LORD,
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That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,
And tell of all Your wondrous works.
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LORD, h I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place where Your glory dwells.
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i Do not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
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In whose hands is a sinister scheme,
And whose right hand is full of j bribes.
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But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful to me.
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k My foot stands in an even place;
In the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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Cross References
Psalms 7:8
The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
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Cross References
2 Kings 20:3
Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
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Cross References
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
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Cross References
Psalms 17:3
You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties.
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Cross References
2 Kings 20:3
Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Psalms 86:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.
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Cross References
Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation.
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Cross References
Psalms 31:6
I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 139:21
Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
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Cross References
Psalms 27:4
One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
Psalms 84:1 - 4
How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 84:10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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Cross References
Psalms 28:3
Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Cross References
Psalms 40:2
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
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