Psalms 26 — parallel

26:1

Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity.

Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

26:2

Examine me, LORD, and prove me.

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine and mind.

26:3

For your loving kindness is before my eyes.

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

26:4

I have not sat with deceitful men,

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

26:5

I hate the assembly of evildoers,

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence,

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

26:7

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard

to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

26:8

LORD, I love the habitation of your house,

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

26:9

Don’t gather my soul with sinners,

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

26:10

in whose hands is wickedness;

in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

26:11

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.

But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

26:12

My foot stands in an even place.

My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.