A Psalm of David.
A Prayer For Examination and Approval

1Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

2Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.

3For your lovingkindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth.

4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

5I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked.

6I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I go about your altar, O LORD:

7That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous works.

8LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells.

9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

12My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.