26 (Q). PRAYER WITH REFERENCE TO PSALM 17. (Repeated Alternation).

Q H1   1∼ Prayer.
        1∼. Judge me, O LORD;
    J1 ∼1 Plea. "For".
        ∼1. for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
  H2   2 Prayer.
        2. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
    J2 3-8 Plea. "For".
        3. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
        4. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
        5. I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
        6. I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
        7. That I may publish with 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.
  H3   9,10 Prayer.
        9. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
        10. In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
    J3 11∼ Plea. Profession.
        11∼. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:
  H4   ∼11 Prayer.
        ∼11. redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
    J4 12 Plea. Profession.
        12. My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.