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. Defend me, O Lord, for my walk has been blameless; in the Lord have I trusted unswervingly:

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

Examine me, Lord, and test me; test my heart and my mind.

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

For your love is before my eyes, and your faithfulness governs my way.

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

I never sat down with the worthless, nor companied with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of knaves, I would never sit down with the wicked;

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

but, with hands washed in innocence, I would march round your altar, O Lord,

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

singing loud songs of thanks, and telling of all your wonders.

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

O Lord, I love your house, the place where your glory lives.

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

Do not gather me up with sinners; slay me not with people of blood,

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

whose hands are stained with villainy, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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

But my walk is blameless! O redeem me, be gracious to me.

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

My foot stands on even ground, in the choirs I will bless the Lord.