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1 Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

2 Examine me, LORD, and inspect me! Test my heart and mind. ^a

3 For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.

4 I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

5 I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked.

6 I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,

7 so I may praise you loudly with thanksgiving and declare all your wondrous acts.

8 LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides.

9 Do not group me ^b with sinners, nor include me ^c with men who shed blood.

10 Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!

12 My feet stand on level ground; among the worshiping congregations I will bless the LORD.