Psalmorum 26

1 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 tempta 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 conplacui 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 tuae et locum habitationis gloriae tuae

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

9 ne perdas cum impiis 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.