Psalms 26

1 Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].

6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.

11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

12 My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.