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

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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.

    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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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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“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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19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(A) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(B) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(C) must turn away from wickedness.”

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

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

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Psalm 26

Of David.

Vindicate me,(A) Lord,
    for I have led a blameless life;(B)
I have trusted(C) in the Lord
    and have not faltered.(D)

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

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22 “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God,(A) the Lord!(B) He knows!(C) And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord, do not spare us this day.

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