Psalms 26

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.	1 A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.	2 Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.	3 If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.	4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.	5 For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:	6 He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.	7 Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.	8 My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:	9 Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Saviour.
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.	10 For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.	11 O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.	12 Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.
	13 I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
	14 Wait for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord.