Psalms 26

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

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

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

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

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

For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

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

I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

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

I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

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

I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

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

That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

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

I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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

Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

10 In whose hand [is] a wicked scheme, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.

In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

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

But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

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

My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.