Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart.

New American Standard Bible

My shield is with God,
Who saves the upright in heart.

King James Version

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Holman Bible

My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.

A Conservative Version

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

American Standard Version

My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

Amplified


My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.

Bible in Basic English

God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

Darby Translation

My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

Julia Smith Translation

My shield upon God, saving the upright of heart

King James 2000

My defense is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My shield [is] with God who saves the upright of heart.

Modern King James verseion

My defense is from God, who saves the upright in heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart.

NET Bible

The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.

New Heart English Bible

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

The Emphasized Bible

My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart:

Webster

My defense is from God, who saveth the upright in heart.

World English Bible

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Youngs Literal Translation

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Justice

9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts. 10 God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day.


Cross References

Psalm 125:4

LORD, do good to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

Genesis 15:1

Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision. "Stop being afraid, Abram," he said. "I myself your shield am your very great reward."

Job 8:6

if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.

Psalm 3:3

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

Psalm 18:1-2

He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Psalm 89:18

Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 112:2

His descendants will be powerful in the land, a generation of the upright who will be blessed.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will live in the land, and people of integrity will remain in it.

Proverbs 11:20

Devious minds are abhorrent to the LORD, but those whose ways are innocent are his delight.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever lives blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverted will fall without warning.

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