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. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

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 loving-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 vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

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

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

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

I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD:

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

That I may publish with 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.

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.

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

Gather not my soul with sinners, 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 [is] mischief, and their 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 merciful to me.

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

My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.