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.

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

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

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

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

For Your kindness [is] before my eyes, And I have habitually walked in 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 vain men, And I do not enter with pretenders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 In whose hands are wicked devices, and whose 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 gracious unto me.

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

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

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