¹¹ But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

¹⁸ Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

¹ <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

¹⁸ Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

¹⁹ But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

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;

⁶ They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

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.

⁷ He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel.

⁸ The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

³ He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;

⁴ He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

¹⁵ But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

⁷ Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

¹ There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

³¹ And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

²² And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

¹⁴ Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.

¹⁵ But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

²⁰ This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

²¹ And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

² And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

³ Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

⁴ And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

⁵ Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.