Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

My defense is from God, who saves 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.

International Standard Version

God is my shield, the one who delivers 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 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 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts. 10 My defense is from God, who saves the upright in heart. 11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Cross References

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, and to the upright in their hearts.

Genesis 15:1

After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceeding great reward.

Job 8:6

if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed.

Psalm 3:3

But You, O Jehovah, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.

Psalm 18:1-2

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

Psalm 84:11

For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 89:18

For Jehovah is our shield; yea, our King is the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Proverbs 2:21

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

Proverbs 11:20

They who are of a perverse heart are hateful to Jehovah, but the upright in the way are His delight.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved; but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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