10 My shield[a](A) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(B)

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  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign

10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

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Lord, do good(A) to those who are good,
    to those who are upright in heart.(B)

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Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

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15 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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21 For the upright will live in the land,(A)
    and the blameless will remain in it;

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21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

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18 Indeed, our shield[a](A) belongs to the Lord,
    our king(B) to the Holy One of Israel.

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  1. Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign

18 For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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But you, Lord, are a shield(A) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(B)

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But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

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if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(A)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(B)

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If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Their children(A) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

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Psalm 18[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

I love you, Lord, my strength.(B)

The Lord is my rock,(C) my fortress(D) and my deliverer;(E)
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,(F)
    my shield[b](G) and the horn[c] of my salvation,(H) my stronghold.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:1 In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.
  2. Psalm 18:2 Or sovereign
  3. Psalm 18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength.

18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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