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.

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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

Examine me, O LORD, and try me; test 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 mine eyes; and I have walked in Thy truth.

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

I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.

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

I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.

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

I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,

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

That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, 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.

LORD, I love the habitation 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,

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

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

In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

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

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