Psalms 26

By David.

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