Psalms 25 · Verse 21

Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 25:21, King James Version

Psalms 25:21 in other translations

BSBMay integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
WEBLet integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
ASVLet integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
YLTIntegrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.
DARBYLet integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
BBEFor my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
WebsterLet integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

What does Psalms 25:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer-- integrity, &c.--to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Let integrity and uprightness - I wish to have a perfect heart, and an upright life. This seems to be the meaning of these two words.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 25:15-22

The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all…

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Psalms 25:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תֹּם\־tom-integrityH8537
וָיֹ֥שֶׁרva.Yo.sherand uprightnessH3476
יִצְּר֑וּנִיyi.tze.Ru.nimay they preserve meH5341
כִּ֝֗יKiforH3588
קִוִּיתִֽיךָ\׃ki.vi.Ti.chaI have waited for youH6960
יְהוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 25:21

  • Proverbs 11:3

    The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Psalms 41:12

    And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

  • Psalms 26:1

    A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

  • Proverbs 20:7

    The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

  • Acts 24:16

    And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

  • Psalms 26:11

    But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.

  • Psalms 7:8

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

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • 1 Samuel 24:11-13

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Psalms 18:20-24

    The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. …

  • Acts 25:10-11

    Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:8; 18:20-24; 26:1,11; 41:12; 1Sa 24:11-13; 26:23; Pr 11:3; 20:7
Da 6:22; Ac 24:16; 25:10,11

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Context

  • Psalms 25:20

    O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

  • Psalms 25:21

    Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

  • Psalms 25:22

    Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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Psalms 25:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Integridad y rectitud me guarden; porque en ti he esperado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que l’intégrité et la droiture me gardent, car je me suis attendu à toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Lauterkeit und Geradheit mögen mich behüten, denn ich harre auf dich.