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.

“A psalm of David.” Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.

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

Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try 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 ever before my eyes, And I walk in thy truth.

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

I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And do not sit with the wicked.

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

I wash my hands in innocence. And go around thine altar. O LORD!

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

To utter the voice of thanksgiving, 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.

O LORD! I love the habitation of thy house, The place where thine honor dwelleth!

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

Gather not my breath with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood,

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

In whose hands is mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

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

But as for me, I walk in my integrity; Oh, redeem me, and be merciful to me!

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

My feet tread in a straight path; In the congregation will I bless the LORD.