Psalm XXVI

Judge me, O Lord, for I
In uprightness abide,
And I have trusted in the Lord,
Therefore I shall not slide.

Examine me, O Lord,
My case now prove and try;
My reins and heart (well known to thee)
Unto my self descry.

Thy loving kindness is
Ever before mine eyes;
Thy Truth and Righteousness have been
My most beloved ways.

With vain false persons I
Have no Companion been;
With lyars and dissemblers
I never will go in.

Ill-doers company
I have and still do hate;
With wicked and ungodly men
I have not gone or sate.

Guiltles of reigning sin,
I'le wash my hands, and so
Unto thy sacred Altar, Lord,
I then will boldly go.

That I may publish there,
With voice of joy and praise
The glory and the fame of all
Thy wondrous works and ways.

Thy worship in the house,
Lord, I have loved well;
I much delighted in the place
Where doth thine honour dwell.

Crop not my life with mens
Of wickedness and blood,

Whose hands are fill'd with bribes, and with
Mischief against the good.

But as for me, I'le walk
In my integrity;
Be merciful, and me redeem,
And set at liberty.

My foot in an even place
Doth stand with stedfastness;
And in the Congregations I
The Lord will praise and bless.