Psalm 26: Judica me, Domine

Give judgment for me, O LORD,

for I have lived with integrity; *

I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.

Test me, O LORD, and try me; *

examine my heart and my mind.

For your love is before my eyes; *

I have walked faithfully with you.

I have not sat with the worthless, *

nor do I consort with the deceitful.

I have hated the company of evildoers; *

I will not sit down with the wicked.

I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, *

that I may go in procession round your altar,

Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *

and recounting all your wonderful deeds.

LORD, I love the house in which you dwell *

and the place where your glory abides.

Do not sweep me away with sinners, *

nor my life with those who thirst for blood,

Whose hands are full of evil plots, *

and their right hand full of bribes.

As for me, I will live with integrity; *

redeem me, O LORD, and have pity on me.

My foot stands on level ground; *

in the full assembly I will bless the LORD.