Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.

{To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Bless our God, O peoples,
And sound His praise abroad,

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

A bounteous rain, dost thou shed abroad, O God, upon thine inheritance, When exhausted, thou thyself, hast supported it:

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

Truly God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart.

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart;
And guided them with his skillful hands.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

Thou hast subdued Egypt, like one that is wounded; thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish, and all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered abroad.

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God],
And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh - All the workers of iniquity.

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darkness
And broke their bonds apart.

For He has shattered the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron apart.

They went up toward the heavens [on the crest of the wave], they went down again to the depths [of the watery trough];
Their courage melted away in their misery.

The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

He will never be shaken;
The righteous will be remembered forever.

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

I will give you thanks with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous laws.

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.

Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

Praise the Lord,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

To him who divided the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever;

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

And of thy goodness scatter mine enemies abroad, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.

The LORD preserveth all them that love him, but scattereth abroad all the ungodly.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

The Lord protects the strangers;
He supports the fatherless and the widow;
But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],
And keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God);
There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them.

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser;
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.