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 tempta 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 conplacui in veritate tua

For your mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with your 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 your altar, O Lord:

7 ut audiam vocem laudis et enarrem universa mirabilia tua

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

8 Domine dilexi decorem domus tuae et locum habitationis gloriae tuae

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

9 ne perdas cum impiis 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 you, O Lord.