As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the paths of the violent.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.