Psalms 26

1 “Of David.” Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip.

[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 Try me, O Lord, and prove me; purify my reins and my heart.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

3 For thy kindness is before my eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.

For your mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with your truth.

4 I have not sat with men of falsehood, and with dissemblers will I not enter [in communion].

I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

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

I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].

6 I will wash in innocency my hands, and I will compass thy altar, O Lord:

I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass your altar, O Lord:

7 That I may publish with a loud voice [my] thanksgiving, and relate all thy wondrous deeds.

to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your wonderful works.

8 Lord, I love the site of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory.

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

Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

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

in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.

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

But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

12 My foot standeth on an even place: in assemblies will I bless the Lord.

My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.