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.” Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.

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 kindness is ever before my eyes, And I walk in thy truth.

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

I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And do 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 wash my hands in innocence. And go around thine altar. O LORD!

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

To utter 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!

O LORD! I love the habitation of thy house, The place where thine honor dwelleth!

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

Gather not my breath 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 is mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

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

But as for me, I walk in my integrity; Oh, redeem me, and be merciful to me!

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

My feet tread in a straight path; In the congregation will I bless the LORD.