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.

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

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

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

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

For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

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

I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

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

I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

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

I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

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

That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

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

I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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

Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

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

In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

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

But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

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

My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.