“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Psalm 26:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition VINDICATE ME, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [expectantly] trusted in, leaned on, and relied on the Lord without wavering and I shall not slide. American Standard Version (1901) Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. Common English Bible Establish justice for me, LORD, because I have walked with integrity. I’ve trusted the LORD without wavering. Catholic Public Domain Version A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? |
“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.
The Lord said to the accuser, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil. He still persists in his integrity, although you incited me against him, to destroy him for no reason.”
Is not your fear of God your confidence and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right and speak the truth from their heart;
For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.
O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me.
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust, deliver me!
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!
The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness, for not by might does one prevail.
May the Lord, therefore, be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”