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.

David’s. Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

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

Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: —

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

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

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 deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

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

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

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

I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, —so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

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

To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings.

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

O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!

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

Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;

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

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

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

But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.

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

My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.