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.
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
2 Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: —
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn 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 mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.
4 I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;
I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
5 I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;
I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.
6 I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, —so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;
I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
7 To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings.
That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!
I have loved, O Lord, the beauty 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;
Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.
In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.
11 But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.
But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.
12 My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.
My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.
