Psalms 26

1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

[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.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

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

3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

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

6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD:

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous works.

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

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells.

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

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

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

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

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

12 My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

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