After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I {am} thy shield, {and} thy exceeding great reward.

Do good, O LORD, unto {those that be} good, and {to them that are} upright in their hearts.

For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.

They that are of a froward heart {are} abomination to the LORD: but {such as are} upright in {their} way {are} his delight.

If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

For the LORD {is} our defence; and the Holy One of Israel {is} our king. {the LORD...: or, our shield is of the LORD, and our king is of the Holy One of Israel}

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day {that} the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

But thou, O LORD, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {for: or, about}

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous {sins}; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. {the great: or, much}

Do good, O LORD, unto {those that be} good, and {to them that are} upright in their hearts.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the {other} priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites {were} more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. {did help...: Heb. strengthened them}

For, lo, the wicked bend {their} bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. {privily: Heb. in darkness}