Chapter 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 evil-doers,

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 works.

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.