Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of 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 King James verseion

My defense is from God, who saves the upright in 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 ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins. 10 My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, strong and patient; and God is provoked every day.

Cross References

Psalm 125:4

Do well, O LORD, unto those that be good and true of heart.

Genesis 15:1

After these deeds, the word of God came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram, I am thy shield; and thy reward shall be exceeding great."

Job 8:6

If thou wouldest live a pure and godly life; should he not wake up unto thee immediately, and give thee the beauty of righteousness again?

Psalm 3:3

But thou, O LORD, art my defender; thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.

Psalm 18:1-2

{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

Psalm 89:18

The LORD is our defense, and the holy one of Israel is our king.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.

Proverbs 2:21

For the just shall dwell in the land, and the innocent shall remain in it.

Proverbs 11:20

The LORD abhorreth a fained heart; but he hath pleasure in them that are undefiled.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life, shall be safe; but he that goeth froward ways, shall once have a fall.

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