Psalms 26:1

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Remember me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”

Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.

He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.