Vindicate Me, O LORD

1(25:1) A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

2(25:2) Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

3(25:3) For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4(25:4) I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

5(25:5) I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly men.

6(25:6) I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

7(25:7) to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.

8(25:8) O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

9(25:9) Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

10(25:10) in whose hands are iniquities, and their right hand is filled with bribes.

11(25:11) But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

12(25:12) My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.