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Psalm 26
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- Franz Joseph Haydn (in English, James Merrick's metrical paraphrase)
- William Boyce (In English, from the Book of Common Prayer, verses 1-3, 6,7)
Texts & translations
Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 25)
Latin text
1 David iudica me Deus quoniam ego in simplicitate mea ambulavi et in Domino confidens non deficiam
2 proba me Domine et tempta me ure renes meos et cor meum
3 quia misericordia tua in conspectu oculorum meorum est et ambulabo in veritate tua
4 non sedi cum viris vanitatis et cum superbis non ingrediar
5 odivi ecclesiam pessimorum et cum iniquis non sedebo
6 lavabo in innocentia manus meas et circuibo altare tuum Domine
7 ut clara voce praedicem laudem et narrem omnia mirabilia tua
8 Domine dilexi habitaculum domus tuae et locum tabernaculi gloriae tuae
9 ne auferas cum peccatoribus animam meam cum viris sanguinum vitam meam
10 in quorum manibus scelus est et dextera eorum repleta est muneribus
11 ego autem in simplicitate mea gradiar redime me et miserere mei
12 pes meus stetit in recto in ecclesiis benedicam Domino
Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer
English text
1 Be thou my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently : my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall.
2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me : try out my reins and my heart.
3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth.
4 I have not dwelt with vain persons : neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.
5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked : and will not sit among the ungodly.
6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord : and so will I go to thine altar.
7 That I may shew 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 O shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty.
10 In whose hands is wickedness : and their right hand is full of gifts.
11 But as for me, I will walk innocently : O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth right : I will praise the Lord in the congregations.
Metrical version by James Merrick
English text
Be thou my Judge: thy searching eyes
My guiltless life have known:
On thee my stedfast soul relies,
Nor fear of lapse shall own.
O search me still; my heart, my reins,
With strictest view survey:
Thy love, great God, my hope sustains,
Thy truth directs my way.
The house of guile, and seat of lies,
With studious care I shun:
From crowds that impious deeds devise
My steps abhorrent run.
In innocence I wash my hands,
Thy altar compass round,
And grateful lead the sacred bands,
Whose hymns thy acts resound.
How oft, instinct with warmth divine,
Thy threshold have I trod!
How lov'd the courts whose walls inshrine
The glory of my God!
O let me not the vengeance share,
That waits the guilty tribe,
Whose murth'rous hands each mischief dare,
And grasp the offer'd bribe:
But pour, O pour, while thus I tread
The path by thee prepar'd,
Thy beams of mercy on my head,
And round me plant a guard.
Thou, Lord, my steps hast fix'd aright,
And pleas'd shalt hear my tongue
With Israel's thankful sons unite
To form the festal song.
