Psalms 125:4
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
KJV
Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in austro.
Vulgate
ἐπίστρεψον, Κύριε, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν ὡς ὁ χειμάρρους ἐν τῷ νότῳ.
LXX
Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
ASV
הֵיטִ֣יבָ/ה יְ֭הוָה לַ/טּוֹבִ֑ים וְ֝/לִֽ/ישָׁרִ֗ים בְּ/לִבּוֹתָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ט֔וֹב
tvb
verb · 24×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
לִבּ֣וֹת
lbvt
noun · 7×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
- 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- Isa 58:10 — And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
- John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Ps 7:10 — My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- Ps 7:10 — My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- Ps 32:2 — Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
- Ps 36:10 — O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
- Ps 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Ps 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Ps 73:1 — Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
- Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Ps 94:15 — But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
- Ps 119:68 — Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 119:80 — Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
- Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Rev 14:5 — And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.