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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To utter the voice of thanksgiving, 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.

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

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

Gather not my breath 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 mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

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

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

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

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