⁵ Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

⁸ The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

⁴ As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

¹³ Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

¹⁰ You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

¹² For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

²² Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.

⁷ An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

³ The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

⁷² So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

¹³ As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

⁶ I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

²¹ For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

⁴ He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

⁹ I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

¹⁷ And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

³ O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

²² God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,