Psalms 26

1 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

1By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

1 O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

2 Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

2Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified <FI>are<Fi> my reins and my heart.

2Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

3For Thy kindness <FI>is<Fi> before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

4I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

4I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

5 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

5I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

5I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

6I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

7 That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

7To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

7That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

8Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

9Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

10 In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

10In whose hand <FI>is<Fi> a wicked device, And their right hand <FI>is<Fi> full of bribes.

10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

11And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

12 My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

12My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

12I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.