Vindicate Me, O LORD 1 DRA Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall 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 DRA Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart. BSB BSB: Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3 DRA For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4 DRA I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. BSB BSB: I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 DRA I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit. BSB BSB: I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 DRA I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord: BSB BSB: I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7 DRA That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works. BSB BSB: to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8 DRA I have loved, O Lord, the beauty 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 DRA Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men: BSB BSB: Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10 DRA In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts. BSB BSB: in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 DRA But as for me, I have walked 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 DRA My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord. BSB BSB: My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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