Psalms 25:21
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- KJV
- Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- WEB
- Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
- ASV
- Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
- DARBY
- Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- BLB
- May integrity and uprightness keep me, for I wait for You.
- ÅB
- La uskyld og oppriktighet verge meg,
for jeg venter på deg. - OTB
- Måtte redelighet og rettskaffenhet bevare meg,
For jeg setter mitt håp til deg. - B1930
- La uskyld og opriktighet verge mig! for jeg bier på dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
Read in contextPsalms 41:12
In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
Read in contextPsalms 26:1
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Read in contextProverbs 20:7
The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Read in contextActs 24:16
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
Read in contextPsalms 26:11
But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:23
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
Read in contextPsalms 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
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