Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind.
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.
If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous; you see the heart and the mind; let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.