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.

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

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

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

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

For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually 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 vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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