Vindicate Me, O LORD 1 DBY A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.BSB BSB: Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 DBY Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart: BSB BSB: Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3 DBY For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4 DBY I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers; BSB BSB: I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 DBY I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked. BSB BSB: I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 DBY I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah, BSB BSB: I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7 DBY That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works. BSB BSB: to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8 DBY Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth. BSB BSB: O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9 DBY Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; BSB BSB: Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10 DBY In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. BSB BSB: in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 DBY But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me. BSB BSB: But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 DBY My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah. BSB BSB: My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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