Vindicate Me, O LORD 1 CPDV Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened. BSB BSB: Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 CPDV Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart. BSB BSB: Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3 CPDV For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4 CPDV I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice. BSB BSB: I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 CPDV I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious. BSB BSB: I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 CPDV I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord, BSB BSB: I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7 CPDV so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders. BSB BSB: to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8 CPDV O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory. BSB BSB: O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9 CPDV O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood, BSB BSB: Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10 CPDV in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes. BSB BSB: in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 CPDV But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me. BSB BSB: But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 CPDV My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord. BSB BSB: My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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