Psalmorum 26

1 In finem, Psalmus David. Iudica me Domine, quoniam ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum: et in Domino sperans non infirmabor.

David’s. Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.

2 Proba me Domine, et tenta me: ure renes meos et cor meum.

Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart: —

3 Quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est: et complacui in veritate tua.

For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;

4 Non sedi cum concilio vanitatis: et cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo.

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

5 Odivi ecclesiam malignantium: et cum impiis non sedebo.

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

6 Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas: et circumdabo altare tuum Domine:

I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, —so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

7 Ut audiam vocem laudis, et enarrem universa mirabilia tua.

To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings.

8 Domine dilexi decorem domus tuæ, et locum habitationis gloriæ tuæ.

O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!

9 Ne perdas cum impiis Deus animam meam, et cum viris sanguinum vitam meam:

Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;

10 In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt: dextera eorum repleta est muneribus.

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

11 Ego autem in innocentia mea ingressus sum: redime me, et miserere mei.

But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.

12 Pes meus stetit in directo: in ecclesiis benedicam te Domine.

My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.