Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked

Verse 1

Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity: I trusted also in the Lord; slide therefore shall not I.

Verse 2

Examine me, and do me prove; try heart and reins, O God:

Verse 3

For thy love is before mine eyes, thy truth's paths I have trod.

Verse 4

With persons vain I have not sat, nor with dissemblers gone:

Verse 5

Th' assembly of ill men I hate; to sit with such I shun.

Verse 6

Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, I'll wash and purify; So to thine holy altar go, and compass it will I:

Verse 7

That I, with voice of thanksgiving, may publish and declare, And tell of all thy mighty works, that great and wondrous are.

Verse 8

The habitation of thy house, Lord, I have lovèd well; Yea, in that place I do delight where doth thine honor dwell.

Verse 9

With sinners gather not my soul, and such as blood would spill:

Verse 10

Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand corrupting bribes do fill.

Verse 11

But as for me, I will walk on in mine integrity: Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, be merciful to me.

Verse 12

My foot upon an even place doth stand with steadfastness: Within the congregätions th' Eternal I will bless.