## Psalms Chapter 26

###### Psalms 26:1
[Psalms 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:1)

לְדָוִ֨ד**׀** שׇׁפְטֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָ֗ה כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי בְּתֻמִּ֣י הָלַ֑כְתִּי וּבַיהֹוָ֥ה בָּ֝טַ֗חְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶמְעָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my integrity: and I have trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[A psalm] of David. [When You judge the wicked,] O L rd, judge me, for I have walked in my innocence [(and relative to them I am righteous)]; I shall not slip.


###### Psalms 26:2
[Psalms 26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:2)

בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהֹוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי (צרופה) [צׇרְפָ֖ה] כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Examine me, O L rd, and prove me; test my reins and my heart.


###### Psalms 26:3
[Psalms 26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:3)

כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy loyal love is before my eyes: and I have walked in Thy truth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.


###### Psalms 26:4
[Psalms 26:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:4)

לֹֽא־יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי עִם־מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְעִ֥ם נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א אָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have not sat with vain persons, neither do I enter the company of dissemblers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have not sat with vain men, and I have not come together with hidden ones [i.e., those who sin in secret].


###### Psalms 26:5
[Psalms 26:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:5)

שָׂ֭נֵאתִי קְהַ֣ל מְרֵעִ֑ים וְעִם־רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים לֹ֣א אֵשֵֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and I do not sit with the wicked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have hated the congregation of evildoers and I have not sat with the wicked.


###### Psalms 26:6
[Psalms 26:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:6)

אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I wash my hands in innocency: so I compass Thy altar, O Lord:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall wash my hands in cleanliness [(no theft being involved in any of the mitzvoth that I perform)], and I shall walk around Your altar, O L rd.


###### Psalms 26:7
[Psalms 26:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:7)

לַ֭שְׁמִעַ בְּק֣וֹל תּוֹדָ֑ה וּ֝לְסַפֵּ֗ר כׇּל־נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that I may sound the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To make heard the voice of thankfulness and to speak all of Your wonders [(in the recitation of Hallel)].


###### Psalms 26:8
[Psalms 26:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:8)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה אָ֭הַבְתִּי מְע֣וֹן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מְק֗וֹם מִשְׁכַּ֥ן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwells.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, I have loved the abode of Your house and the place of the residing of Your glory.


###### Psalms 26:9
[Psalms 26:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:9)

אַל־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְעִם־אַנְשֵׁ֖י דָמִ֣ים חַיָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Gather not up my soul with sinners, and with men of blood my life.


###### Psalms 26:10
[Psalms 26:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:10)

אֲשֶׁר־בִּידֵיהֶ֥ם זִמָּ֑ה וִ֝ימִינָ֗ם מָ֣לְאָה שֹּֽׁחַד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In whose hands there is scheming and whose right hand is full of graft.


###### Psalms 26:11
[Psalms 26:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:11)

וַ֭אֲנִי בְּתֻמִּ֥י אֵלֵ֗ךְ פְּדֵ֣נִי וְחׇנֵּֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But as for me, I walked in my innocence — redeem me and be gracious unto me.


###### Psalms 26:12
[Psalms 26:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/26:12)

רַ֭גְלִי עָמְדָ֣ה בְמִישׁ֑וֹר בְּ֝מַקְהֵלִ֗ים אֲבָרֵ֥ךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations I will bless the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My foot stood on the straight path; I shall bless the L rd in multitudes.