Psalm 26
Literal Standard Version
Chapter overview
Psalm 26 asks for searching examination and affirms a deliberate refusal of deceit, bribery, and violence. Love for the place of worship leads to thanksgiving and firm footing among the gathered community.
IntegrityExaminationWorshipThanksgiving
1BY DAVID. Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in my integrity, || And I have trusted in YHWH, || I do not slide.
2Try me, O YHWH, and prove me, || My reins and my heart [are] purified,
3For Your kindness [is] before my eyes, || And I have habitually walked in Your truth.
4I have not sat with vain men, || And I do not enter with pretenders.
5I have hated the assembly of evildoers, || And I do not sit with the wicked.
6I wash my hands in innocence, || And I go around Your altar, O YHWH.
7To sound with a voice of confession, || And to recount all Your wonders.
8YHWH, I have loved the habitation of Your house, || And the place of the Dwelling Place of Your glory.
9Do not gather my soul with sinners, || And my life with men of blood,
10In whose hand [is] a wicked scheme, || And their right hand [is] full of bribes.
11And I walk in my integrity, || Redeem me, and favor me.
12My foot has stood in uprightness, || In assemblies I bless YHWH!
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