Psalms 26

1 [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

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, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

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

3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy 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 vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

5 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

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 will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

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

7 That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

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

8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

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

10 In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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

11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

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

12 My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

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