Psalm 26

A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption
 A Psalm of David.

¹ 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.