Hear me, Lord, my plea is just;

    listen to my cry.

Hear my prayer—

    it does not rise from deceitful lips.

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Let my vindication come from you;

    may your eyes see what is right.

3 

Though you probe my heart,

    though you examine me at night and test me,

you will find that I have planned no evil;

    my mouth has not transgressed.

4 

Though people tried to bribe me,

    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent

    through what your lips have commanded.

5 

My steps have held to your paths;

    my feet have not stumbled.

6 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;

    turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

7 

Show me the wonders of your great love,

    you who save by your right hand

    those who take refuge in you from their foes.

8 

Keep me as the apple of your eye;

    hide me in the shadow of your wings

9 

from the wicked who are out to destroy me,

    from my mortal enemies who surround me.