Psalm 26 v1-8 of 12 "Declare me innocent, O LORD; I’ve walked in blameless ways" Tune: Kilmarnock

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Psalm 26 v1-8 of 12
"Declare me innocent, O LORD; I’ve walked in blameless ways"
Tune: Kilmarnock
meter: CM
Falkirk Free Church
The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as one-to-one correspondences.
images: The Bronze Laver (Exodus 30: 17-21) Hands and feet are mentioned multiple times in this psalm.
The completion of the tabernacle (Exodus 40)

"17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it. 20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die. This shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”

PSALM 26 C.M.

1 Declare me innocent, O LORD;
I’ve walked in blameless ways,
And I have trusted in the LORD,
not wav’ring all my days.

2 Test me, O LORD, and try my heart;
my inmost thoughts survey.
3 Your love surrounds me; from your truth
my feet will never stray.

4 I do not sit with worthless folk;
I shun the hypocrite.
5 I hate the wicked’s gatherings;
with them I will not sit.

6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and blameless is my heart;
I go about your altar, LORD—
the place you set apart.

7 I’ll tell of all your awesome deeds,
proclaiming loud your praise.
8 Your glory fills your dwelling-place;
I love your house always.

9 Sweep not away my soul, O LORD,
with those who hate your way;
Nor take away my life with those
who love to wound and slay.

10 For their right hands are full of bribes;
they plot iniquity.
11 But I will lead a blameless life—
in mercy set me free.

12 My feet will stand with confidence
upon a level place,
And in the people’s gathering
I’ll praise the LORD of grace.