# Psalm 26 (New King James Version)
A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption

##### Chapter 26
###### 1 Vindicate me, O Lord,  
For I have walked in my integrity.  
I have also trusted in the Lord;  
I shall not slip.  

###### 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me;  
Try my mind and my heart.  

###### 3 For Your lovingkindness _is_ before my eyes,  
And I have walked in Your truth.  

###### 4 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,  
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.  

###### 5 I have hated the assembly of evildoers,  
And will not sit with the wicked.

###### 6 I will wash my hands in innocence;  
So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,  

###### 7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,  
And tell of all Your wondrous works.  

###### 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,  
And the place where Your glory dwells.

###### 9 Do not gather my soul with sinners,  
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,  

###### 10 In whose hands _is_ a sinister scheme,  
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

###### 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;  
Redeem me and be merciful to me.  

###### 12 My foot stands in an even place;  
In the congregations I will bless the Lord.