A psalm of David. Defend me, O Lord, for my walk has been blameless; in the Lord have I trusted unswervingly:
Examine me, Lord, and test me;
test my heart and my mind.
For your love is before my eyes,
and your faithfulness governs my way.
I never sat down with the worthless,
nor companied with dissemblers.
I hate the assembly of knaves,
I would never sit down with the wicked;
but, with hands washed in innocence,
I would march round your altar, O Lord,
singing loud songs of thanks,
and telling of all your wonders.
O Lord, I love your house,
the place where your glory lives.
Do not gather me up with sinners;
slay me not with people of blood,
whose hands are stained with villainy,
and whose right hand is filled with bribes.
But my walk is blameless!
O redeem me, be gracious to me.
My foot stands on even ground,
in the choirs I will bless the Lord.
