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

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

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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

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

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

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

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