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.

“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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord, I love the site 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 with sinners my soul, nor with men of blood my life;

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

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

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

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

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

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