Vindicate Me, O Lord

1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

2Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

3For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

5I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly men.

6I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

7to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

8O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

9Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

10in whose hands are iniquities, and their right hand is filled with bribes.

11But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

12My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.