<p class="poetry">to show you true and reliable words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so that you may give accurate answers<n id="2" /> to those who sent you?p>

<p class="poetry">For I am ever aware of your faithfulness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your loyalty continually motivates me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are forever firm,p> <p class="poetry">and should be faithfully and properly carried out.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your justice endures,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your law is reliable.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are near, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and all your commands are reliable.<n id="1" />p>

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Whoever lives a blameless life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">does what is right,p> <p class="poetry">and speaks honestly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> always proves faithful and reliable<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to those who follow the demands of his covenant.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look,<n id="1" /> you desire<n id="2" /> integrity in the inner man;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you want me to possess wisdom.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May those who wait to ambush me<n id="1" /> be repaid for their evil!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">As a demonstration of your faithfulness,<n id="3" /> destroy them!p>

<p class="poetry">Loyal love and faithfulness meet;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Faithfulness grows from the ground,p> <p class="poetry">and deliverance looks down from the sky.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">His acts are characterized by<n id="1" /> faithfulness and justice;p> <p class="poetry">all his precepts are reliable.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your instructions are totally reliable;p> <p class="poetry">all your just regulations endure.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is near all who cry out to him,p> <p class="poetry">all who cry out to him sincerely.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my mouth<n id="1" /> speaks truth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my lips<n id="3" /> hate wickedness.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked person<n id="1" /> earns<n id="2" /> deceitful wages,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who sows<n id="4" /> righteousness reaps<n id="5" /> a genuine<n id="6" /> reward.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who tells the truth<n id="1" /> will endure forever,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who lies<n id="2" /> will last only for a moment.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not those who devise<n id="1" /> evil go astray?p> <p class="poetry">But those who plan good exhibit<n id="2" /> faithful covenant love.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A truthful witness<n id="1" /> rescues lives,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who breathes lies brings<n id="3" /> deception.<n id="4" />p>