I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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.

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

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

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

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.

And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done.

The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.

But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;