Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful(A) to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son(B) to sit on his throne this very day.

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And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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10 My shield[a](A) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign

10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

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For look, the wicked bend their bows;(A)
    they set their arrows(B) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(C)
    at the upright in heart.(D)

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For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

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10 The righteous will rejoice in the Lord(A)
    and take refuge in him;(B)
    all the upright in heart will glory in him!(C)

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10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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