Psalmorum 26

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

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

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

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

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

For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

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

I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

5 Odivi ecclesiam malignantium: et cum impiis non sedebo.

I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].

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

I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

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

to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

8 Domine dilexi decorem domus tuae, et locum habitationis gloriae tuae.

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

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

Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

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

in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.

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

But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

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

My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.