Psalm 26

    A psalm of David.

  1. 26Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the Lord. Therefore, I shall not slide. 2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me. Try my reins and my heart, 3for your loving kindness is before my eyes and I have walked in your truth. 4I have not sat with vain people, neither will I go in with deceivers. 5I have hated the congregation of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked. 6I will wash my hands in innocence; so will I go about your altar, O Lord, 7that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all your wondrous works. 8Lord, I have loved the habitation of your house and the place where your honor dwells.
  2. 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men 10in whose hands is mischief — and their right hand is full of bribes. 11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be merciful unto me. 12My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations will I bless the Lord.