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Psalms 25:21
21May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you.
Psalms 25:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- New International Version (NIV)May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.
Context of Psalms 25:21
19Consider my enemies; they are numerous, and they hate me violently. 20Guard me and rescue me; do not let me be disgraced, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you. 22God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:21 word by word
תֹּם־וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃ יְהוָהRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:21
- Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the peoples; vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity.
- Psalms 18:20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, Lord, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Psalms 41:12You supported me because of my integrity and set me in your presence forever.
- 1 Samuel 24:11Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognize that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- 1 Samuel 26:23The Lord will repay every man for his righteousness and his loyalty. I wasn’t willing to lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed, even though the Lord handed you over to me today.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
- Proverbs 20:7A righteous person acts with integrity; his children who come after him will be happy.
- Daniel 6:22My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths; and they haven’t harmed me, for I was found innocent before him. And also before you, Your Majesty, I have not done harm.”
- Acts 24:16I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and men.
- Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you yourself know very well.
Commentaries on Psalms 25:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Let integrity and uprightness - I wish to have a perfect heart, and an upright life. This seems to be the meaning of these two words.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me - The word here rendered “integrity” means properly “perfection.” See it explained in the notes at Job 1:1. The language here may refer either: (a) to God - as denoting His perfection and uprightness, and then the psalmist‘s prayer would be that He, a righteous God, would keep him; or (b) to his own integrity and uprightness of character, and then the prayer would be that that might be the means of keeping him, as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all their enemies round about…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The psalm ends with a promise of trust and hope, just as it began (see Psalms 9:18; 25:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer-- integrity, &c.--to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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