May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.