21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.

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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;(A)
    I am not guilty of turning(B) from my God.

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102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.

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102 I have not departed from your laws,(A)
    for you yourself have taught(B) me.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

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16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(A) before God and man.

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10 With my whole heart I have (A)sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 (B)Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

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10 I seek you with all my heart;(A)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(B)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(C)
    that I might not sin(D) against you.

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A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption

A Psalm of David.

26 Vindicate (A)me, O Lord,
For I have (B)walked in my integrity.
(C)I have also trusted in the Lord;
I shall not slip.

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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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11 (A)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (B)turned back from following Me, (C)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (D)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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11 “I regret(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(C) Samuel was angry,(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

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10 (A)You are witnesses, and God also, (B)how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe;

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10 You are witnesses,(A) and so is God,(B) of how holy,(C) righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.

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32 “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For (A)blessed are those who keep my ways.

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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
    blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)

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Concerning the works of men,
By the word of Your lips,
I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.

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Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.

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33 Thus Josiah removed all the (A)abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel [a]diligently serve the Lord their God. (B)All his days they did not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:33 Lit. serve to serve

33 Josiah removed all the detestable(A) idols from all the territory belonging to the Israelites, and he had all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived, they did not fail to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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