Psalms 26

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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.	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 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.	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 For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.	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 have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.	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 have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will 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 among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O 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 That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.	7 Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.
8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.	8 My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.
9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:	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 In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.	10 For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
11 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.	11 O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.
12 My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.	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.