Psalms 26
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.
[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament 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 am serene in your truth.
For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.
In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
