Psalm 26

¹Vindicate me, O Lord,

for I have walked in my integrity,

and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

²Prove me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and mind.

³For your steadfast love is before my eyes,

and I walk in faithfulness to you.

⁴I do not sit with the worthless,

nor do I consort with hypocrites;

⁵I hate the company of evildoers,

and will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I wash my hands in innocence,

and go around your altar, O Lord,

⁷singing aloud a song of thanksgiving,

and telling all your wondrous deeds.

⁸O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell,

and the place where your glory abides.

⁹Do not sweep me away with sinners,

nor my life with the bloodthirsty,

¹⁰those in whose hands are evil devices,

and whose right hands are full of bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I walk in my integrity;

redeem me, and be gracious to me.

¹²My foot stands on level ground;

in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.