Psalm 26

New Coverdale Version

Be my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently; * my trust has been in the Lord; therefore I shall not fall.

Test me, O Lord, and prove me; * examine my heart and my mind.

For your loving-kindness is ever before my eyes, * and I will walk in your truth.

I have not dwelt with evildoers, * neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

I have hated the company of the wicked, * and will not sit among the ungodly.

I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord, * and so will I go to your altar,

That I may lift up the voice of thanksgiving * and tell of all your wondrous works.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of your house * and the place where your honor dwells.

O take not away my soul with the sinners, * nor my life with the bloodthirsty,

Whose hands are full of wickedness, * and their right hand full of bribes.

But as for me, I will walk innocently; * O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

My foot stands firm; * I will praise the Lord in the congregations.