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. Defend me, O Lord, for my walk has been blameless; in the Lord have I trusted unswervingly:

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

Examine me, Lord, and test me; test my heart and my mind.

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

For your love is before my eyes, and your faithfulness governs my way.

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

I never sat down with the worthless, nor companied with dissemblers.

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

I hate the assembly of knaves, I would never sit down with the wicked;

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

but, with hands washed in innocence, I would march round your altar, O Lord,

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

singing loud songs of thanks, and telling of all your wonders.

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

O Lord, I love your house, the place where your glory lives.

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

Do not gather me up with sinners; slay me not with people of blood,

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

whose hands are stained with villainy, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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

But my walk is blameless! O redeem me, be gracious to me.

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

My foot stands on even ground, in the choirs I will bless the Lord.