Psalms 26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 I hate the assembly 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 innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 in whose hands is wickedness; 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 stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

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