<p class="poetry">Is not your piety<n id="1" /> your confidence,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your blameless ways your hope?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">May integrity and godliness protect me,p> <p class="poetry">for I rely on you!p>

<p class="poetry">But I have integrity!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me<n id="2" /> and have mercy on me!p>

<p class="poetry">David<n id="1" /> cared for them with pure motives;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he led them with skill.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He stores up<n id="1" /> effective counsel<n id="2" /> for the upright,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and is like<n id="4" /> a shield<n id="5" /> for those who live<n id="6" /> with integrity,<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person<n id="1" /> behaves in integrity;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">blessed are his children after him.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;One man dies in his full vigor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">completely secure and prosperous,p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, you uphold<n id="1" /> me because of my integrity;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you allow<n id="3" /> me permanent access to your presence.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who conducts himself<n id="1" /> in integrity<n id="2" /> will live<n id="3" /> securely,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who behaves perversely<n id="4" /> will be found out.p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a stronghold for the upright,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but it is destruction<n id="4" /> to evildoers.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Righteousness<n id="1" /> guards the one who lives with integrity,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but wickedness<n id="3" /> overthrows the sinner.p>

<p class="poetry">Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than one who is perverse in his speech<n id="2" /> and is a fool.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A poor person<n id="1" /> who walks in his integrity is betterp> <p class="poetry">than one who is perverse in his ways<n id="2" /> even though<n id="3" /> he is rich.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> judges the nations.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me, <sc>Lordsc>, because I am innocent,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because I am blameless,<n id="3" /> O Exalted One!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for I have integrity,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I trust in the <sc>Lordsc> without wavering.p>

<p class="poetry">I will walk in<n id="1" /> the way of integrity.p> <p class="poetry">When will you come to me?p> <p class="poetry">I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.<n id="2" />p>

Did Abraham<n id="1" /> not say to me, &#8216;She is my sister&#8217;? And she herself said,<n id="2" /> &#8216;He is my brother.&#8217; I have done this with a clear conscience<n id="3" /> and with innocent hands!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;If a man sells a residential house in a walled city,<n id="1" /> its right of redemption must extend<n id="2" /> until one full year from its sale;<n id="3" /> its right of redemption must extend to a full calendar year.<n id="4" />

Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.<n id="1" />

You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.<n id="1" />