Our hearthas not turnedback,And our stepshave not deviatedfrom Your way,
The arrogantutterlyderideme, [Yet] I do not turnasidefrom Your law.
Manyare my persecutorsand my adversaries,[Yet] I do not turnasidefrom Your testimonies.
And those who have turnedbackfrom followingthe LORD,And those whohave not soughtthe LORDor inquiredof Him."
But turnedbackand actedtreacherouslylike their fathers;They turnedasidelike a treacherousbow.
Therefore,my belovedbrethren,be steadfast,immovable,alwaysaboundingin the workof the Lord,knowingthat your toilis not [in] vainin the Lord.
"RememberLot'swife.
"They have turnedbackto the iniquitiesof their ancestorswhorefusedto hearMy words,and they have goneafterothergodsto servethem; the houseof Israeland the houseof Judahhave brokenMy covenantwhichI madewith their fathers."
But as for those who turnasideto their crookedways,The LORDwill leadthem away with the doersof iniquity.Peacebe upon Israel.
Becausethey turnedasidefrom followingHim, And hadnoregardfor anyof His ways;
becauseDaviddidwhatwas rightin the sightof the LORD,and had not turnedasidefrom anythingthat He commandedhim allthe daysof his life,exceptin the caseof Uriahthe Hittite.
You are witnesses,and [so is] God,howdevoutlyand uprightlyand blamelesslywe behavedtoward you believers;