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.

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

2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.

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

3 For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in 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 emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.

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

6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,

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

7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.

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 dwelling place of your glory.

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

9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,

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

10 in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, 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.

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

12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.

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