Psalms 26

1 [By David.] Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in LORD without wavering.

BY DAVID. Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in YHWH, I do not slide.

2 Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

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

3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

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

4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

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

5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

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

6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;

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

7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous works.

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

8 LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

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

9 Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

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

10 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

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

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

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

12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

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