A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption

A Psalm of David.

26 Vindicate me, O Lord,For I have walked in my integrity.I have also trusted in the Lord;I shall not slip.² Examine me, O Lord, and prove me;Try my mind and my heart.³ For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,And I have walked in Your truth.⁴ I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,Nor will I go in with hypocrites.⁵ I have hated the assembly of evildoers,And will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence;So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,⁷ That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,And tell of all Your wondrous works.⁸ Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,And the place where Your glory dwells.

⁹ Do not gather my soul with sinners,Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,¹⁰ In whose hands is a sinister scheme,And whose 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 the Lord.