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 my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.
2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.
3 For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.
For your mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with your 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 the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.
5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.
I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].
6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,
I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass your altar, O Lord:
7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.
to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your wonderful works.
8 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory.
O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory.
9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,
Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:
10 in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.
in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.
11 But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.
But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.
12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.
My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.
