Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

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let God weigh me(A) in honest scales(B)
    and he will know that I am blameless(C)

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27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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27 Tekel[a]: You have been weighed on the scales(A) and found wanting.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.

The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

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    Let the Lord judge(A) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(B)
    according to my integrity,(C) O Most High.(D)
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(E)
you, the righteous God(F)
    who probes minds and hearts.(G)

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23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(A)

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Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

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“Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,(A)
for the Lord is a God who knows,(B)
    and by him deeds(C) are weighed.(D)

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11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(A)
    with a bag of false weights?(B)

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The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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The path of the righteous is level;(A)
    you, the Upright One,(B) make the way of the righteous smooth.(C)

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11 A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
    all the weights in the bag are of his making.(A)

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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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23 Search me,(A) God, and know my heart;(B)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Let my vindication(A) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.(B)

Though you probe my heart,(C)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(D)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(E)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(F)

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For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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For the Lord watches over(A) the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.(B)

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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)
I will maintain my innocence(B) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(C) will not reproach me as long as I live.(D)

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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)

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