1 Defend me, O LORD, for my walk has been blameless; 2Examine me, LORD, and test me; 3For your love is before my eyes, 4I never sat down with the worthless, 5I hate the assembly of knaves, 6but, with hands washed in innocence, 7singing loud songs of thanks, 8O LORD, I love your house, 9Do not gather me up with sinners; 10whose hands are stained with villainy, 11But my walk is blameless! 12My foot stands on even ground,