Psalms 26

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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 Of David. Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.	2 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.	3 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.	4 I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.	5 I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:	6 I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD,
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.	7 Lifting my voice in thanks, recounting all your wondrous deeds.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.	8 LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:	9 Do not take me away with sinners, nor my life with the violent.
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.	10 Their hands carry out their schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.	11 But I walk without blame; redeem me, be gracious to me!
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.