Psalms

Of David.

1Vindicate 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 heartand 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 innocencethat I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

7to raise my voice in thanksgivingand 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.

By David.

1Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity.I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

2Examine me, LORD, and prove me.Try my heart and my mind.

3For your loving kindness is before my eyes.I have walked in your truth.

4I have not sat with deceitful men,neither will I go in with hypocrites.

5I hate the assembly of evildoers,and will not sit with the wicked.

6I will wash my hands in innocence,so I will go about your altar, LORD,

7that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

8LORD, I love the habitation of your house,the place where your glory dwells.

9Don’t gather my soul with sinners,nor my life with bloodthirsty men

10in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.

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

12My foot stands in an even place.In the congregations I will bless the LORD.