Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

I will praise the Lord who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.