Psalms26

A Plea of Integrity

^1•Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. ^2•Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. ^3•For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. ^4•I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. ^5•I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. ^6•I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh, ^7•that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds. ^8•Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells. ^9•Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men; ^10•in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes. ^11•But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. ^12•My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.