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1 Of David.
Vindicate me, O LORD!
For I have walked with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me;
examine my heart*26:2 Hebrew my kidneys and mind.
3 For your loving devotion is before my eyes,
and I have walked in your truth.
4 I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 I hate the mob of evildoers,
and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence
that I may go about your altar, O LORD,
7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving
and declare all your wonderful works.
8 O LORD, I love the house where you dwell,
the place where your glory resides.
9 Do not take me away with sinners,
or my life with men of bloodshed,
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I will walk with integrity;
redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 My feet stand on level ground;
in the congregations I will bless the LORD.