You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.
When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.

I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.

Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.

I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.

When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.

until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.