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 LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

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

Examine me, O LORD, and prove 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 lovingkindness [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 will I go 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 will not sit 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 mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

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

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, 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!

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour 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 bloody men:

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

In whose hands [is] mischief, 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 merciful 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 the LORD.