Psalms 26

1 By David. Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

“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 Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try my reins and my heart!

3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

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

4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

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

5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And do not sit with the wicked.

6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,

I wash my hands in innocence. And go around thine altar. O LORD!

7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

To utter the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

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

9 Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men

Gather not my breath with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood,

10 in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.

In whose hands is mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

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

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

12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

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