Psalms - Chapter 26

Innocent, Unjustly Accused, Begs God

¹ A Psalm of David. Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip.

² Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.

³ For Your lovingkindness [is] before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

⁴ I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

⁵ I have hated 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, O LORD,

⁷ That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.

⁸ LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.

⁹ Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

¹⁰ In whose hands [is] a sinister scheme, And whose 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 the LORD.