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.

BY DAVID. Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in YHWH, I do not slide.

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

Try me, O YHWH, and prove me, My reins and my heart [are] purified,

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

For Your kindness [is] before my eyes, And I have habitually walked in Your truth.

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

I have not sat with vain men, And I do not enter with pretenders.

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

I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And I do not sit with the wicked.

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

I wash my hands in innocence, And I go around Your altar, O YHWH.

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

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Your wonders.

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

YHWH, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place of the Dwelling Place of Your glory.

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

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

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

In whose hand [is] a wicked scheme, 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.

And I walk in my integrity, Redeem me, and favor me.

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

My foot has stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless YHWH!