< 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.
By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.
2 Try me, O YHWH, and prove me, My reins and my heart [are] purified,
Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] 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 mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain men, And I do not enter with pretenders.
I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.
5 I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And I do not sit with the wicked.
I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.
6 I wash my hands in innocence, And I go around Your altar, O YHWH.
I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
7 To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Your wonders.
To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.
8 YHWH, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place of the Dwelling Place of Your glory.
Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.
9 Do not gather my soul with sinners, And my life with men of blood,
Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
10 In whose hand [is] a wicked scheme, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.
In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.
11 And I walk in my integrity, Redeem me, and favor me.
And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.
12 My foot has stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless YHWH!
My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!