Verse 1
Judge me, {a} O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
(a) He flees to God to be the judge of his just cause, seeing there is no equity among men.
Verse 2
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my {b} reins and my heart.
(b) My very affections and inward motions of the heart.
Verse 3
For thy {c} lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
(c) He shows what stayed him, that he did not recompense evil for evil.
Verses 4–5
I have not {d} sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
(d) He declares that they cannot walk in simplicity before God, that delight in the company of the ungodly.
Verses 6–8
I will {e} wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
(e) I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the godly that sacrifice to you.
Verse 9
{f} Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
(f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked.
Verses 10–11
In whose hands [is] {g} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
(g) Whose cruel hands execute the malicious devises of their hearts.
Verse 12
My foot standeth in {h} an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
(h) I am preserved from my enemies by the power of God, and therefore will praise him openly.