Psalms 26

1 A psalm of David. Defend me, O Lord, for my walk has been blameless; in the Lord have I trusted unswervingly:

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 test me; test my heart and my mind.

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

3 For your love is before my eyes, and your faithfulness governs my way.

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

4 I never sat down with the worthless, nor companied with dissemblers.

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

5 I hate the assembly of knaves, I would never sit down with the wicked;

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

6 but, with hands washed in innocence, I would march round your altar, O Lord,

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

7 singing loud songs of thanks, and telling of all your wonders.

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

8 O Lord, I love your house, the place where your glory lives.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

9 Do not gather me up with sinners; slay me not with people of blood,

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

10 whose hands are stained with villainy, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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

11 But my walk is blameless! O redeem me, be gracious to me.

And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

12 My foot stands on even ground, in the choirs I will bless the Lord.

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