⁴ I do not sit with the worthless,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites;
⁵ I hate the company of evildoers,
    and will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I wash my hands in innocence,
    and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ singing aloud a song of thanksgiving,
    and telling all your wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell,
    and the place where your glory abides.
⁹ Do not sweep me away with sinners,
    nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
¹⁰ those in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹² My foot stands on level ground;
    in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.