Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my being and my heart.

For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us, as silver is refined.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined. And I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, It is My people, and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap.

For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

that the testing of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found unto praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

I will bless Jehovah, who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me at night.

The murderer rises at daylight; he kills the poor and needy; and in the night he is like a thief.

For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and do evil on their beds! In the morning light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: A man of Macedonia stood and begged him, saying, Come over to Macedonia and help us.

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city.

if I have repaid evil to one who was at peace with me, or if I have plundered my enemy without cause;

All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor dealt falsely with Your Covenant.

though You have crushed us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death.

shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Behold, this day your eyes have seen that Jehovah has delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and some had intended to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.

Jehovah judge between you and me, and Jehovah avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be against you.

Jehovah forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the anointed of Jehovah. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.

May Jehovah repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for Jehovah has delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the anointed of Jehovah.

For our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] i0 par I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked are before me.

I have sworn and will fulfill, that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

He who watches his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide shall have destruction.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a flawless man, able also to bridle the whole body.