Vindicate me, O Lord
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Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
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Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart (a) and mind.
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For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
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I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
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I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
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I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
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to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
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O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
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Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
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in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
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But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
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My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
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