Ayub 27:6

27:6 I will maintain my righteousness

and never let it go;

my conscience ¹  will not reproach me

for as long as I live. ² 

Mazmur 132:9

132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! ³ 

May your loyal followers shout for joy!

Yesaya 52:1

52:1 Wake up! Wake up!

Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your beautiful clothes,

O Jerusalem, ⁴  holy city!

For uncircumcised and unclean pagans

will no longer invade you.

Yesaya 19:8

19:8 The fishermen will mourn and lament,

all those who cast a fishhook into the river,

and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve. ⁵ 

[27:6]  ¹ tn Heb “my heart.”

[27:6]  ² tn The prepositional phrase “from my days” probably means “from the days of my birth,” or “all my life.”

[132:9]  ³ tn Or “righteousness.”

[52:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:8]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “will disappear”; cf. TEV “will be useless.”