1 Vindicate me, Lord,

because I have lived with integrity

and have trusted in the  Lord without wavering.  *

2 Test me, Lord, and try me;

examine my heart and mind.  *

3 For your faithful love guides me,  *

and I live by your truth.  *

4 I do not sit with the worthless

or associate with hypocrites.

5 I hate a crowd of evildoers,

and I do not sit with the wicked.  *

6 I wash my hands in innocence  *

and go around your altar, Lord,  *

7 raising my voice in thanksgiving  *

and telling about your wondrous works.  *

8 Lord, I love the house where you dwell,

the place where your glory resides.  *

9 Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed  *

10 in whose hands are evil schemes

and whose right hands are filled with bribes.  *

11 But I live with integrity;

redeem me and be gracious to me.  *

12 My foot stands on level ground;  *

I will bless the  Lord in the assemblies.  *