Psalms 26

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

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

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

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

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

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

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

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

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

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

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

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

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

That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

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

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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

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

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

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

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

My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.