Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

{If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy {is} good, deliver thou me.

[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. {chief...: or, overseer} {Sheminith: or, the eighth}

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

{There is} therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The crown is fallen {from} our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! {The...: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen}

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering}

I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

{That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Ye looked for much, and, lo, {it came} to little; and when ye brought {it} home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that {is} waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. {blow...: or, blow it away}

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

{If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and {the man of} wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. {the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is}

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil {is} upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

I hearkened and heard, {but} they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, {It is} for Saul, and for {his} bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. {enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc}