Psalms 26

¹ Of David. Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered.

² Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind.

³ Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.

⁴ I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.

⁵ I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD,

⁷ Lifting my voice in thanks, recounting all your wondrous deeds.

⁸ LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.

⁹ Do not take me away with sinners, nor my life with the violent.

¹⁰ Their hands carry out their schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.

¹¹ But I walk without blame; redeem me, be gracious to me!