Psalms 26

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

[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 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

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

3 For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

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

4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

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

5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

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

6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

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

7 That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

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

8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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

9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

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

10 In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

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

11 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

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

12 My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

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