< Psalms 26 >

1 Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
For thy loving-kindness [is] before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD:
7 That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.
9 Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12 I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

< Psalms 26 >