Psalms 26

1 [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

David’s. Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: —

3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

4 I have not sat with vain persons; neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

5 I hate the congregation of evil-doers, and will not sit with the wicked.

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

6 I will wash mine hands in innocency; so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, —so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

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

To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings.

8 LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood:

Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.

12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.