The Psalms

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

 ^26:1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity:

 I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

 ^26:2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;

 Try my heart and my mind.

 ^26:3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes;

 And I have walked in thy truth.

 ^26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood;

 Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

 ^26:5I hate the assembly of evil-doers,

 And will not sit with the wicked.

 ^26:6I will wash my hands in innocency:

 So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

 ^26:7That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,

 And tell of all thy wondrous works.

 ^26:8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house,

 And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

 ^26:9Gather not my soul with sinners,

 Nor my life with men of blood;

 ^26:10In whose hands is wickedness,

 And their right hand is full of bribes.

 ^26:11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:

 Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

 ^26:12My foot standeth in an even place:

 In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.