1 > Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
3 For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
4 I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites.
5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, So I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
7 That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all your wondrous works.
8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, The place where your glory dwells.
9 Don't gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
10 In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.
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Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Verse Of The DayHe describes washing his hands in innocency and compassing God's altar with thanksgiving, showing a love for "the habitation of thy house." This self-examination follows Psalms 25 and pairs with Psalms 139:23-24; next comes Psalms 27.
