Psalms 26

1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me; try my reins and my heart.

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.

3 For thy lovingkindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked.

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency: so will I go about thy altar, O LORD:

I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honour dwelleth.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!