Psalms 17:3

³You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.b

Psalm 17 is a prayer of David, a cry for vindication and protection from enemies who surround him. The psalm moves from an appeal to God's justice, based on David's own integrity, to a plea for deliverance, and finally to a confident hope in God's presence. It is a lament that leans