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. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in Yahweh without wavering.

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

Examine me, Yahweh, and test me; test the purity of my inner parts and my heart!

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

For your covenant faithfulness is before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness.

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

I do not associate with deceitful people, nor do I mingle with dishonest people.

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

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I do not live with the wicked.

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

I wash my hands in innocence, and I go around your altar, Yahweh,

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

to sing a loud song of praise and report all your wonderful deeds.

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

Yahweh, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory lives!

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

Do not sweep me away with sinners, or my life with people who are bloodthirsty,

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

in whose hands there is a plot, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

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

But as for me, I will walk in integrity; redeem me and have mercy on me.

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

My foot stands on level ground; in the assemblies will I bless Yahweh!