² Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and mind.^(A)

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.^(A)
24 See if there is any wicked^[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.^[b](B)

²³ How many are my iniquities and my sins?
    Make me know my transgression and my sin.^(A)

⁹ And I will put this third into the fire,
    refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”^(A)

¹⁰ For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.^(A)

⁴ Does he not see my ways
    and number all my steps?^(A)

¹² O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous;
    you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.^(A)