Parallel Verses
Amplified
Let integrity and uprightness protect me,
For I wait [expectantly] for You.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Holman Bible
watch over me,
for I wait for You.
International Standard Version
Integrity and justice will preserve me, because I wait on you.
A Conservative Version
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.
American Standard Version
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
Bible in Basic English
For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Darby Translation
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Integrity and uprightness shall watch me; for I waited for thee.
King James 2000
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for you.
Modern King James verseion
Let purity and uprightness keep me; for I wait on You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me, for my hope hath been in thee.
NET Bible
May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
New Heart English Bible
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
The Emphasized Bible
Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.
Webster
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
World English Bible
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 25:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dependence On The Lord
20
Guard my soul and rescue me;
Do not let me be ashamed or disappointed,
For I have taken refuge in You.
Let integrity and uprightness protect me,
For I wait [expectantly] for You.
O God, redeem Israel,
Out of all his troubles.
Cross References
Psalm 41:12
As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.
1 Samuel 24:11-13
Look, my father! Indeed, see the hem of your robe in my hand! Since I cut off the hem of your robe and did not kill you, know and understand [without question] that there is no evil or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait to take my life.
1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
Psalm 7:8
The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.
Psalm 18:20-24
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
Psalm 26:1
I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.
Psalm 26:11
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—
How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
Daniel 6:22
My God has sent His angel and has shut the mouths of the lions so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also before you, O king, I have committed no crime.”
Acts 24:16
In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.
Acts 25:10-11
Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.