Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”
The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
“Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today
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