Psalms 26

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

“A psalm of David.” Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.

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

Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try my reins and my heart!

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

For thy kindness is ever before my eyes, And I walk in thy truth.

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

I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And do not sit with the wicked.

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

I wash my hands in innocence. And go around thine altar. O LORD!

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

To utter the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

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

O LORD! I love the habitation of thy house, The place where thine honor dwelleth!

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

Gather not my breath with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood,

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

In whose hands is mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

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

But as for me, I walk in my integrity; Oh, redeem me, and be merciful to me!

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

My feet tread in a straight path; In the congregation will I bless the LORD.