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To You I Lift Up My Soul

Psalms 25:21

In 11 translations

BSB
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.Or because my hope is in You; LXX because I wait for You, O Lord
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.
LSV
Integrity and uprightness keep me, || For I have waited [on] You.
YLT
Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited [on] Thee.
DBY
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
DRC24:21
The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
GNV
Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.
JPS
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.
LXXE24:21
The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for thee, O Lord.

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  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: יְהוָה (“Yahweh”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
תֹּם־וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br24:21
Ἄκακοι καὶ εὐθεῖς ἐκολλῶντό μοι, ὅτι ὑπέμεινά σε, Κύριε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
  • Psalms 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
  • Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
  • Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
  • Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
  • Proverbs 20:7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
  • Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
  • 1 Samuel 26:23May 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.
  • Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
  • 1 Samuel 24:11–13See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are…
  • Psalms 18:20–24The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances…
  • Acts 25:10–11Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I…

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