Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.
New American Standard Bible
And to those who are
King James Version
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Holman Bible
to those whose hearts are upright.
International Standard Version
LORD, do good to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
American Standard Version
Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Amplified
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.
Darby Translation
Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Julia Smith Translation
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good and to the upright in their hearts.
King James 2000
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do good, O Yahweh, to the good, and to [those] upright in their hearts.
Modern King James verseion
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, and to the upright in their hearts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Do well, O LORD, unto those that be good and true of heart.
NET Bible
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright!
New Heart English Bible
Do good, LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
The Emphasized Bible
Do good, O Yahweh, unto such as are good, even unto such as are upright in their hearts.
Webster
Do good, O LORD, to those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
World English Bible
Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
Youngs Literal Translation
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 125:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Stability
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, that the righteous not put forth their hands to iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts. 5 But as for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, LORD will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psalm 119:68
Thou are good, and do good. Teach me thy statutes.
Psalm 32:2
Blessed is the man to whom LORD does not impute sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalm 36:10
O continue thy loving kindness to those who know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalm 41:1-3
Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Psalm 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalm 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.
Psalm 84:11
For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 94:15
For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalm 119:80
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.
Isaiah 58:10-11
and if thou draw out thy soul to a hungry man, and satisfy an afflicted soul, then thy light shall rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday.
Lamentations 3:25
LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.
1 John 3:17-24
But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Revelation 14:5
And no lie was found in their mouth, for they are unblemished.