Psalms 26 with the Church Fathers

¹Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. ²Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. ³For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. ⁴I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. ⁵I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. ⁶I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, ⁷to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works. ⁸O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. ⁹Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed, ¹⁰in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. ¹¹But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me. ¹²My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.