1. HEAR THE right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.
2. Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.
3. You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).
5. My steps have held closely to Your paths [to the tracks of the One Who has gone on before]; my feet have not slipped.