(26) [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

For your mercy is before my eyes: and I am well pleased with your truth.

I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men].

I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass your altar, O Lord:

to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your wonderful works.

O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory.

Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.

But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.