Of David. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.
“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.
May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
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