25:21 May integrity and godliness protect me,
for I rely on you!
26:11 But I have integrity! 1
Rescue me 2 and have mercy on me!
78:72 David 3 cared for them with pure motives; 4
he led them with skill. 5
1 tn Heb “and I in my integrity walk.” The psalmist uses the imperfect verbal form to emphasize this is his practice. The construction at the beginning of the verse (conjunction + pronoun) highlights the contrast between the psalmist and the sinners mentioned in vv. 9-10.
2 tn Or “redeem me.”
1 tn Heb “He”; the referent (David, God’s chosen king, mentioned in v. 70) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart.”
3 tn Heb “and with the understanding of his hands he led them.”