49  Remember ^eyour word to your servant,

in which you have made me ^fhope.

50  This is ^gmy comfort in my affliction,

that your promise ^hgives me life.

51  ⁱThe insolent utterly deride me,

but I do not ^jturn away from your law.

52  When I think of your rules from of old,

I take comfort, O Lord.

53  ^kHot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,

who forsake your law.

54  Your statutes have been my songs

in the house of my ^lsojourning.

55  I ^mremember your name in the night, O Lord,

and keep your law.

56  This blessing has fallen to me,

that ⁿI have kept your precepts.

1  ^qVindicate me, O Lord,

for I have ^rwalked in my integrity,

and I have ^strusted in the Lord without wavering.

2  ^tProve me, O Lord, and try me;

test my heart and ^umy mind.¹

3  For your ^vsteadfast love is before my eyes,

and I ^wwalk in your ^vfaithfulness.

4  I do not ^xsit with men of ^yfalsehood,

nor do I consort with hypocrites.

5  I ^zhate the assembly of evildoers,

and I will not sit with the wicked.

6  I ^awash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, O Lord,

7  proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,

and telling all your ^bwondrous deeds.

8  O Lord, I ^clove the habitation of your house

and the place where your glory dwells.

9  ^dDo not sweep my soul away with sinners,

nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

10  in whose hands are evil devices,

and whose right hands are full of ^ebribes.

11  But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

redeem me, and be gracious to me.

12  My foot stands on ^flevel ground;

in ^gthe great assembly I will bless the Lord.