Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

For the Lord’s decrees are just, and everything he does is fair.

Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright!

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.