Psalms 26

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

Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

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

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

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

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

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

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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

to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

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

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

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

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

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

in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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

But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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

My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.