New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
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<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind.
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Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
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For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.
4 I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
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I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
5 I hate the company of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
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I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O Lord,
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I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
7 singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds.
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That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell, and the place where your glory abides.
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Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners, nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
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Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
10 those in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
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In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.
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But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
12 My foot stands on level ground; in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.
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I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.
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