Psalms 26

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

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

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

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.

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

For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

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

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

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

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

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

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

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

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

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

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

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

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.

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

And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

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

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!