Psalm 26

By David.

¹Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity.
I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
²Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.
Try my heart and my mind.
³For your loving kindness is before my eyes.
I have walked in your truth.
⁴I have not sat with deceitful men,
neither will I go in with hypocrites.
⁵I hate the assembly of evildoers,
and will not sit with the wicked.
⁶I will wash my hands in innocence,
so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,
⁷that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard
and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
⁸Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house,
the place where your glory dwells.
⁹Don’t gather my soul with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men
¹⁰in whose hands is wickedness;
their right hand is full of bribes.
¹¹But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
¹²My foot stands in an even place.
In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.