Psalms 26

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Of David. Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered.	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 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind.	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 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.	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 do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.	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 hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit.	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 my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, 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 Lifting my voice in thanks, recounting all your wondrous deeds.	7 Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.
8 LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the tenting-place of your glory.	8 My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.
9 Do not take me away with sinners, nor my life with the violent.	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 Their hands carry out their schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.	10 For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
11 But I walk without blame; redeem me, be gracious to me!	11 O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.
	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.