Psalm 26

Psalm 26

Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness

Of David.

¹Vindicate me, O Lord,

for I have walked in my integrity,

and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.^*

²Prove me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and mind.^*

³For your steadfast love is before my eyes,

and I walk in faithfulness to you.^v*

⁴I do not sit with the worthless,

nor do I consort with hypocrites;^*

⁵I hate the company of evildoers

and will not sit with the wicked.^*

⁶I wash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, O Lord,^*

⁷singing aloud a song of thanksgiving

and telling all your wondrous deeds.^*

⁸O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell

and the place where your glory abides.^*

⁹Do not sweep me away with sinners

nor my life with the bloodthirsty,^*

¹⁰those in whose hands are evil devices

and whose right hands are full of bribes.^*

¹¹But as for me, I walk in my integrity;

redeem me and be gracious to me.^*

¹²My foot stands on level ground;

in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.^*