Psalms 25:21

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

19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me. 20Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you! May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you! 22O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!

Psalms 25:21 word by word

תֹּם־וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃ יְהוָהRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let integrityתֹּםtôm · integrityH8537
• and uprightnessיֹ֫שֶׁרyôsher · uprightnessH3476
• preserveנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• me; for I waitקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960

Cross-references for Psalms 25:21

• Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!
• Psalms 18:20The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.
• Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering.
• Psalms 41:12As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.
• 1 Samuel 24:11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
• 1 Samuel 26:23The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord’s chosen one.
• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.
• Proverbs 20:7The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
• Daniel 6:22My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”
• Acts 24:16This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
• Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also 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

Topics related to Psalms 25:21

• Waiting

In the dictionaries

• Ease
• Guide
• Lift
• Path
• Poetry
• Redeem
• Triumph
• Trouble
• Turn
• Wait

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