Psalms 26

1 [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.

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in Jehovah without wavering.

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

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

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

For thy loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

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

I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

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

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

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

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

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

Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.

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

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,

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

in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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

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

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

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Jehovah.