Psalms 26

1 Judge me, Adonai, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Adonai 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, Adonai, 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 chesed ·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, Adonai;

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

7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be sh'ma ·heard obeyed·, and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

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

8 Adonai, I 'ahav ·affectionately love· the habitation of your house, the place where your kavod ·weighty glory· dwells.

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

9 Don’t gather my soul with people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, 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 Adonai.

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