Psalm 25:21 {24:21}
Good News Translation
May my goodness and honesty preserve me, because I trust in you.

New Revised Standard Version
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Contemporary English Version
I obey you with all my heart, and I trust you, knowing that you will save me.

New American Bible
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; I wait for you, O LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.

Psalm 7:8 The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

Psalm 18:20-24 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands: . . .

Psalm 26:1,11 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened. . . .

Psalm 41:12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

1 Samuel 24:11-13 Moreover, see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away. . . .

1 Samuel 26:23 And the Lord will reward every one according to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath delivered thee this day into my hand, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.

Proverbs 11:3 Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 20:7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea, and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.

Acts 24:16 And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.

Acts 25:10,11 Then Paul said: I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no injury, as thou very well knowest. . . .

Context
To You I Lift Up My Soul
20Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee. 21The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.22Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.…
Cross References
Psalm 25:3
Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.

Psalm 41:12
But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

Psalm 25:20
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