Berean Study Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. | 1Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering. |
2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. | 2Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. |
3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. | 3For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth. |
4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. | 4I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites. |
5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. | 5I hate a crowd of evildoers, and I do not sit with the wicked. |
6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, | 6I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, LORD, |
7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works. | 7raising my voice in thanksgiving and telling about your wondrous works. |
8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. | 8LORD, 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, | 9Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed |
10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes. | 10in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes. |
11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me. | 11But I live with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me. |
12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD. | 12My foot stands on level ground; I will bless the LORD in the assemblies. |
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