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O Lord, I love the temple where you live,[a]
the place where your splendor is revealed.[b]
Do not sweep me away[c] with sinners,
or execute me along with violent people,[d]
10 who are always ready to do wrong[e]
or offer a bribe.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 26:8 tn Heb “the dwelling of your house.”
  2. Psalm 26:8 tn Heb “the place of the abode of your splendor.”
  3. Psalm 26:9 tn Heb “do not gather up my life with.”
  4. Psalm 26:9 tn Heb “or with men of bloodshed my life.” The verb is supplied; it is understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).
  5. Psalm 26:10 tn Heb “who [have] in their hands evil.”
  6. Psalm 26:10 tn Heb “and their right hand is full of a bribe.”