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Let my vindication come from you,
let your eyes see what is right.

You probed my heart,
you visited me at night,
and you assayed me without finding evil thoughts
that should not pass my lips.
As for what others do, by words from your lips
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent;

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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Let my vindication(A) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.(B)

Though you probe my heart,(C)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(D)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(E)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(F)
Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.

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