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.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

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

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness [is] before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

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

I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

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

I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].

6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD:

I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

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

to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

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

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

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

Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

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

in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.

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

But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

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

My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.