Psalms 25:21

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.”

— WEB

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.”

— KJV

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Proverbs 11:3 "The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them."
Psalms 41:12 "As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever."
Psalms 26:1 "Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering."
Psalms 26:11 "But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me."
Proverbs 20:7 "A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him."
Acts 24:16 "Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men."
Psalms 7:8 "Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me."
1 Samuel 26:23 "Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t s…"

Commentary

In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer-- integrity, &c.--to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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