Bible Strands
Psalms 25:21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Yahweh directly, positioning his personal plea for preservation between the immediate request for deliverance in verse 20 and the corporate petition for Israel in verse 22.
The words — The Hebrew תּוֹם (tom) and יֹשֶׁר (yosher) denote integrity and uprightness, functioning as the grammatical subject of the verb יִצְרֻנִי (yitzruni), "may they preserve me."
The thread — The linkage of moral steadiness to divine expectation appears in Proverbs 11:3, where integrity guides the upright, and in Psalms 41:12 and 26:1, where God upholds the blameless.
Why it lands — The text states that waiting on Yahweh is the ground for preservation, then requires the reader to anchor moral conduct in patient dependence rather than autonomous self-effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Psalms 41:12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
- Psalms 26:1 Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalms 26:11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- Acts 24:16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- 1 Samuel 26:23 May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
- Psalms 7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Daniel 6:22 My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- 1 Samuel 24:11 See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.