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, Yahweh, for I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in Yahweh without wavering.

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

Examine me, Yahweh, and test me; test the purity of my inner parts and my heart!

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

For your covenant faithfulness is before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness.

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

I do not associate with deceitful people, nor do I mingle with dishonest people.

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

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I do not live 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 I go around your altar, Yahweh,

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

to sing a loud song of praise and report all your wonderful deeds.

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

Yahweh, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory lives!

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

Do not sweep me away with sinners, or my life with people who are bloodthirsty,

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

in whose hands there is a plot, and whose 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 integrity; redeem me and have mercy on me.

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

My foot stands on level ground; in the assemblies will I bless Yahweh!