Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
1Vindicate me, LORD, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the LORD without wavering. | 1Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. |
2Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. | 2Examine me, LORD, and inspect me! Test my heart and mind. |
3For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth. | 3For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth. |
4I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites. | 4I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites. |
5I hate a crowd of evildoers, and I do not sit with the wicked. | 5I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked. |
6I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, LORD, | 6I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD, |
7raising my voice in thanksgiving and telling about your wondrous works. | 7so I may praise you loudly with thanksgiving and declare all your wondrous acts. |
8LORD, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory resides. | 8LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides. |
9Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed | 9Do not group me with sinners, nor include me with men who shed blood. |
10in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes. | 10Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes. |
11But I live with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me. | 11But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me! |
12My foot stands on level ground; I will bless the LORD in the assemblies. | 12My feet stand on level ground; among the worshiping congregations I will bless the LORD. |
The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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