1 B y David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

2 T ry me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified my reins and my heart.

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

3 F or Thy kindness before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

4 I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

5 I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

6 I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

7 T o sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.

8 J ehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9 D o not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

10 I n whose hand a wicked device, And their right hand full of bribes.

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11 A nd I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

12 M y foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.