O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- BSB Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- NKJV Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- NASB ¶Prolong Your mercy to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright of heart.
- NLT Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.
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Quick answer
David prays that God would continue His loving kindness and righteousness to those who know Him and are upright in heart. He asks that grace persist toward God's own.
Overview
Having praised God's love, David turns it into petition, asking that this steadfast love and righteousness keep flowing to those who know Him. True knowledge of God is joined with an upright heart. Such perseverance of grace toward His people is guaranteed in the gospel, for those whom God loves in Christ He loves to the end (John 13:1).
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- Jer 24:7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
- Heb 8:11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
- Jer 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
- Ps 97:10–11Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Ps 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- 1 Pet 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Ps 143:1–2Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
- Ps 18:24–25Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- Ps 94:14–15For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- 2 Tim 4:7–8I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- Jer 31:3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Isa 51:6–8Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Ps 103:17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
- Ps 7:8–10The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
- John 15:9–10As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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