Psalms 25:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תֹּם־וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ

Transliteration

tōm-wāyōšer yiṣṣĕrûnî kî qiwwîṯîḵā

Grammar Details

*tōm*: noun, masculine singular - 'integrity'
*wāyōšer*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - 'and uprightness'
*yiṣṣĕrûnî*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'they will preserve me'
*kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
*qiwwîṯîḵā*: verb, Piel perfect 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'I wait for you'

Word Meanings

*tōm*: integrity/completeness/innocence
*yōšer*: uprightness/straightness/rightness
*yiṣṣĕrûnî*: they will preserve me/they will keep me/they will protect me
*qiwwîṯîḵā*: I wait for you/I hope in you/I expect you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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High concordance with source wording
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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Ps 41:12 : 12 And as for me, thou upholdest{H8804)} me in mine integrity, and settest{H8686)} me before thy face for ever.
Prov 20:7 : 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Dan 6:22 : 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.
Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Acts 25:10-11 : 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. 11 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 Caesar.
1 Sam 24:11-13 : 11 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. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Sam 26:23 : 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.
Ps 7:8 : 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20-24 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Ps 26:1 : 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.
Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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