2. Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.
3. For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.
4. I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.
5. I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.
6. I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,
7. so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.
8. O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory.