Psalm 26
Give judgement for me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity
: I have trusted in the Lord and not wavered.
Put me to the test, O Lord, and prove me
: try my mind and my heart.
For your steadfast love has been ever before my eyes
: and I have walked in your truth.
I have not sat with deceivers
: nor consorted with the hypocrites;
I hate the assembly of the wicked
: I will not sit with the ungodly.
I wash my hands in innocence, O Lord
: that I may go about your altar,
And lift up the voice of thanksgiving
: to tell of all your marvellous works.
Lord, I love the house of your habitation
: and the place where your glory dwells.
Do not sweep me away with sinners
: nor my life with men of blood,
In whose hand is abomination
: and their right hand is full of bribes.
As for me, I walk in my integrity
: O ransom me and be favourable toward me.
My foot stands on an even path
: I will bless the Lord in the great congregation.