Psalms 26

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Of David. Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered.	1 [Of David] Yahweh, be my judge! I go on my way in innocence, my trust in Yahweh never wavers.
2 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind.	2 Probe me, Yahweh, examine me, Test my heart and my mind in the fire.
3 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.	3 For your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live my life by your truth.
4 I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.	4 No sitting with wastrels for me, no travel ing with hypocrites;
5 I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit.	5 I hate the company of sinners, I refuse to sit down with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD,	6 I will wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar, Yahweh,
7 Lifting my voice in thanks, recounting all your wondrous deeds.	7 to make heard the sound of thanksgiving, to proclaim all your wonders.
8 LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.	8 Yahweh, I love the beauty of your house and the place where your glory dwel s.
9 Do not take me away with sinners, nor my life with the violent.	9 Do not couple me with sinners, nor my life with men of violence,
10 Their hands carry out their schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.	10 whose hands are stained with guilt, their right hands heavy with bribes.
11 But I walk without blame; redeem me, be gracious to me!	11 In innocence I will go on my way; ransom me, take pity on me.
	12 I take my stand on the right path; I wil bless you, Yahweh, in the assemblies.