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 Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

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

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.

3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have 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 deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

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

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

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 Thy wonders.

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

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, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

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

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

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, 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, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

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

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!