Tehillim 26

1 Vindicate me, Hashem ;

for I have walked in mine tohm (guilelessness) ;

I have trusted also in Hashem without wavering.

²Examine me, Hashem , and prove me;

try my heart and my mind.

³For Thy chesed is before mine eyes;

and I have walked in Thy emes.

⁴I do not sit with metei-shav (men of vanity) ,

neither will I go in with dissemblers.

⁵I have hated the kehal mere'im (congregation of evil doers) ;

and will not sit with the resha'im.

⁶I will wash mine hands in nikkayon (innocency, cleanness, freedom from punishment) ;

so will I encompass Thine Mizbe'ach, Hashem ;

⁷That I may publish with the voice of todah,

and tell of all Thy wondrous works.

⁸Hashem , I have loved the ma'on of Thy Bais,[#26:8 HaMikdash]

and the Mishkan where Thine kavod dwelleth.

⁹Take not away my nefesh with chatta'im (sinners) ,

nor my Chai (life) with anshei damim;

¹⁰In whose hands is zimmah (wicked plans) ,

and their right hand is full of shochad (bribery) .

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity;

redeem me, v'chaneini (and be merciful and gracious unto me) .

¹²My regel standeth on level ground;

in the great assemblies unto Hashem will I render brocha.