²¹ Adonai rewarded me for my uprightness,
he repaid me because my hands were clean.

^10 (9) Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and establish the righteous;
since you, righteous God,
test hearts and minds.
^11 (10) My shield is God,
who saves the upright in heart.

^23 (22) for all his rulings were before me,
I did not distance his regulations from me.
^24 (23) I was pure-hearted with him
and kept myself from my sin.