The Psalms 26

A Protestation of Integrity

A Psalm of David.

Judge me, O LORD;

for I have walked in mine integrity:

I have trusted also in the LORD;

therefore I shall not slide.

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me;

try my reins and my heart.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes:

and I have walked in thy truth.

I have not sat with vain persons,

neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I have hated the congregation of evildoers;

and will not sit with the wicked.

I will wash mine hands in innocency:

so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving,

and tell of all thy wondrous works.

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house,

and the place where thine honor dwelleth.

Gather not my soul with sinners,

nor my life with bloody men:

in whose hands is mischief,

and their right hand is full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:

redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

My foot standeth in an even place:

in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Published by The American Bible Society