Psalms 26

1 [By David.] Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in LORD without wavering.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

2 Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous works.

That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

8 LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9 Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

10 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.

My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.