1VINDICATE ME O YAHWEH FOR I IN INTEGRITY MY I HAVE WALKED AND IN YAHWEH I HAVE TRUSTED NOT I WILL SLIP 1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2TEST ME O YAHWEH AND PUT TO [THE] TEST ME TEST! KIDNEYS MY AND HEART MY 2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart*NoteCloseHebrew my kidneys and mind.
3FOR COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR [IS] TO BEFORE EYES MY AND I WALK ABOUT IN FAITHFULNESS YOUR 3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
4NOT I SIT WITH MEN OF FALSEHOOD AND WITH [THOSE WHO] CONCEAL THEMSELVES NOT I GO 4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5I HATE [THE] ASSEMBLY OF EVIL-DOERS AND WITH WICKED [PEOPLE] NOT I SIT 5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6I WASH IN INNOCENCE HANDS MY AND I GO AROUND <OBJ.> ALTAR YOUR O YAHWEH 6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7TO MAKE HEARD <IN> A SOUND OF THANKSGIVING AND TO RECOUNT ALL WONDERS YOUR 7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8O YAHWEH I LOVE [THE] HABITATION OF HOUSE YOUR AND [THE] PLACE OF [THE] DWELLING OF GLORY YOUR 8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9MAY NOT YOU REMOVE WITH SINNERS LIFE MY AND WITH PEOPLE OF BLOOD<S> LIFE MY 9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
10[THOSE] WHOM [IS] IN HANDS THEIR WICKEDNESS AND RIGHT [HAND] THEIR IT IS FULL A BRIBE 10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11AND I IN INTEGRITY MY I WILL WALK REDEEM ME AND SHOW FAVOR TO ME 11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12FOOT MY IT HAS STOOD ON LEVEL GROUND IN ASSEMBLIES I WILL BLESS YAHWEH 12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.