My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God}

For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. {shall follow...: Heb. shall be after it}

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. {continue: Heb. draw out at length}

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

[A Psalm of Asaph.] Truly God {is} good to Israel, {even} to such as are of a clean heart. {of: or, for} {Truly: or, Yet} {of...: Heb. clean of heart}

And {if} thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness {be} as the noonday:

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels {of compassion} from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.

Blessed {is} the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit {there is} no guile.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed {is} he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. {the poor: or, the weak, or, sick} {in time...: Heb. in the day of evil}

My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God}

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Let the righteous smite me; {it shall be} a kindness: and let him reprove me; {it shall be} an excellent oil, {which} shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also {shall be} in their calamities. {me; it shall be a...: or, me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break, etc}

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.

For, lo, the wicked bend {their} bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. {privily: Heb. in darkness}

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace {be} on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.