Psalms 26:11

Amplified Bible

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
But I am not like that; I live with integrity. So redeem me and show me mercy.

English Revised Version
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Update Bible Version
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

New Century Version
But I have lived an innocent life, so save me and have mercy on me.

New English Translation
But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

Webster's Bible Translation
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

World English Bible
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

English Standard Version
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y entride in myn innocens; ayenbie thou me, and haue merci on me.

Berean Standard Bible
But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

Contemporary English Version
I stay true to myself. Be kind and rescue me.

American Standard Version
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Bible in Basic English
But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Complete Jewish Bible
As for me, I will live a blameless life. Redeem me and show me favor.

Darby Translation
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

Easy-to-Read Version
But I am innocent, so be kind to me and save me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

King James Version (1611)
But as for mee, I will walke in mine integritie: redeeme me, and bee mercifull vnto me.

New Life Bible
But as for me, I will live a life without blame. Make me free, and show me loving-kindness.

New Revised Standard
But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

George Lamsa Translation
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; save me and be merciful unto me.

Good News Translation
As for me, I do what is right; be merciful to me and save me!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(25-11) But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

Revised Standard Version
But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection: O redeeme me, and be mercyfull vnto me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

Christian Standard Bible®
But I live with integrity;redeem me and be gracious to me.

Hebrew Names Version
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

King James Version
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Lexham English Bible
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.

Literal Translation
But I will walk in my integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.

Young's Literal Translation
And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But as for me I will walke innocently: O delyuer me, and be mercifull vnto me.

THE MESSAGE
You know I've been aboveboard with you; now be aboveboard with me. I'm on the level with you, God ; I bless you every chance I get.

New American Standard Bible
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

New King James Version
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Legacy Standard Bible
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;Redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Contextual Overview

⁶I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD, ⁷That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders. ⁸O LORD, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells. ⁹Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed, ¹⁰In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me.¹²My foot stands on a level place; In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Psalms 26:1, 1 Samuel 12:2-5, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Nehemiah 5:15, Job 1:1, Isaiah 38:3, Luke 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

redeem: Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:15, Psalms 69:18, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19

and: Psalms 103:3, Psalms 103:4, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 103:8, Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah 13:22, Nehemiah 13:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou Psalms 7:8 - to mine Psalms 25:21 - General Psalms 44:26 - redeem Psalms 69:16 - turn Proverbs 10:9 - that walketh Proverbs 20:7 - just Proverbs 28:18 - walketh

Cross-References

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you an opportunity to touch her.

Psalms 105:15
"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm."

Proverbs 6:29
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.

Zechariah 2:8
For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity,.... In which he had hitherto walked, Psalms 26:1; or it may express his faith, that after he was gathered by death he should walk in uprightness and righteousness, in purity and perfection, with Christ in white, and behold the face of God in righteousness; see Isaiah 57:1;

redeem me; from the vain conversation of the wicked, from all troubles, and out of the hands of all enemies;

and be merciful unto me; who was now in distress, being persecuted by Saul, and at a distance from the house of God: this shows that mercy is the source and spring of redemption, both temporal and spiritual; and that the psalmist did not trust in and depend upon his present upright walk and conversation, but in redemption by Christ, and upon the mercy of God in Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But as for me - The Hebrew is, “and I.” But there is evidently a contrast between what he purposed to do, and the course of life pursued by those to whom he had just referred; and this is correctly expressed in our translation, “But as for me.” It is a statement of his profession of piety, and of his purpose to lead a religious life. He “meant” - he solemnly “purposed” - to lead a holy life.

I will walk - I will live a life of integrity. See the notes at Psalms 1:1.

In mine integrity - Hebrew, in my “perfection.” See Psalms 7:8, note; Job 1:1, note. The idea is that he intended to live a life of uprightness.

Redeem me - From sin; from trouble; from death. The word “redeem” here implies that he did not claim to be “perfect” in the most absolute sense, even when he expressed his purpose to lead a life of integrity. He felt still that he was a sinner, and that he was dependent on redeeming mercy for salvation. On the word “redeem,” see Psalms 25:22, note; Isaiah 29:22, note. Compare the notes at Isaiah 43:3.

And be merciful to me - In connection with redemption. The prayer for mercy is always an acknowledgment of guilt, and the plea here shows that with all his purposes of holy living, and notwithstanding all that he had referred to in the psalm as evidence of uprightness of intention and integrity of life, he still felt that he was a sinner, and that his only hope was in the mercy of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 26:11. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity — Whatever I may have to do with public affairs, shall be done with the strictest attention to truth, justice, and mercy.

Redeem me — From all snares and plots laid against my life and my soul.

And be merciful unto me. — I deserve no good, but thou art merciful; deal with me ever in thy mercy.