Psalm 26 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Test me, LORD, and try me;

examine my heart and mind.

For your faithful love guides me,[fn]

and I live by your truth.

I do not sit with the worthless

or associate with hypocrites.

I hate a crowd of evildoers,

and I do not sit with the wicked.

I wash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, LORD,

raising my voice in thanksgiving

and telling about your wondrous works.

LORD, I love the house where you dwell,

the place where your glory resides.

Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed

in whose hands are evil schemes

and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

But I live with integrity;

redeem me and be gracious to me.

My foot stands on level ground;

I will bless the LORD in the assemblies.