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

ס (Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.

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

Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

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!

He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant.

The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless – he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: “You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations –

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.

I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!

They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

May he take notice of your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice! (Selah)