Psalm 26

Of David.

Be my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently; my trust has been in the Lord; therefore I shall not fall.

Test me, O Lord, and prove me; examine my heart and my mind.

For your loving-kindness is ever before my eyes, and I will walk in your truth.

I have not dwelt with evildoers, neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

I have hated the company of the wicked, and will not sit among the ungodly.

I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, and so will I go to your altar,

That I may lift up the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all your wondrous works.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of your house and the place where your honor dwells.

O take not away my soul with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty,

Whose hands are full of wickedness, and their right hand full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk innocently; O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

My foot stands firm; I will praise the Lord in the congregations.