Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

1        Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk'd

                   in mine integrity:

          I trusted also in the Lord;

                   slide therefore shall not I.

2        Examine me, and do me prove;

                   try heart and reins, O God:

3        For thy love is before mine eyes,

                   thy truth's paths I have trode.

4        With persons vain I have not sat,

                   nor with dissemblers gone:

5        Th' assembly of ill men I hate;

                   to sit with such I shun.

6        Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,

                   I'll wash and purify;

          So to thine holy altar go,

                   and compass it will I:

7        That I, with voice of thanksgiving,

                   may publish and declare,

          And tell of all thy mighty works,

                   that great and wondrous are.

8        The habitation of thy house,

                   Lord, I have loved well;

          Yea, in that place I do delight

                   where doth thine honour dwell.

9        With sinners gather not my soul,

                   and such as blood would spill:

10      Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand

                   corrupting bribes do fill.

11      But as for me, I will walk on

                   in mine integrity:

          Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord,

                   be merciful to me.

12      My foot upon an even place

                   doth stand with stedfastness:

          Within the congregations

                   th' Eternal I will bless.