Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart.

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 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives! 10 The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright. 11 God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.

Cross References

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

Job 8:6

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

Psalm 3:3

But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.

Psalm 18:1-2

For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Psalm 89:18

For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 112:2

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

Proverbs 28:18

The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

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