Psalms 26

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 [Of David] Yahweh, be my judge! I go on my way in innocence, my trust in Yahweh never wavers.	1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
2 Probe me, Yahweh, examine me, Test my heart and my mind in the fire.	2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.
3 For your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live my life by your truth.	3 For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.
4 No sitting with wastrels for me, no travel ing with hypocrites;	4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
5 I hate the company of sinners, I refuse to sit down with the wicked.	5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar, Yahweh,	6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
7 to make heard the sound of thanksgiving, to proclaim all your wonders.	7 That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 Yahweh, I love the beauty of your house and the place where your glory dwel s.	8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
9 Do not couple me with sinners, nor my life with men of violence,	9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:
10 whose hands are stained with guilt, their right hands heavy with bribes.	10 In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.
11 In innocence I will go on my way; ransom me, take pity on me.	11 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.
12 I take my stand on the right path; I wil bless you, Yahweh, in the assemblies.	12 My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.