Mazmur 84:11

84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. ¹ 

The Lord bestows favor ²  and honor;

he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. ³ 

Mazmur 101:2

101:2 I will walk in ⁴  the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. ⁵ 

Mazmur 101:6

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ⁶ 

and allow them to live with me. ⁷ 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ⁸ 

[84:11]  ¹ tn Heb “[is] a sun and a shield.” The epithet “sun,” though rarely used of Israel’s God in the OT, was a well-attested royal title in the ancient Near East. For several examples from Ugaritic texts, the Amarna letters, and Assyrian royal inscriptions, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 131, n. 2.

[84:11]  ² tn Or “grace.”

[84:11]  ³ tn Heb “he does not withhold good to those walking in integrity.”

[101:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “take notice of.”

[101:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”

[101:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”

[101:6]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”

[101:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”