Lexicon :: Strong's H571 - 'ĕmeṯ

He reaches down from heaven and saves me,

challenging the one who tramples me.Selah

God sends his faithful love and truth.

May he sit enthroned before God forever.

Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

But as for me, LORD,

my prayer to you is for a time of favor.

In your abundant, faithful love, God,

answer me with your sure salvation.

Therefore, I will praise you with a harp

for your faithfulness, my God;

I will sing to you with a lyre,

Holy One of Israel.

Faithful love and truth will join together;

righteousness and peace will embrace.

Teach me your way, LORD,

and I will live by your truth.

Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation

of your throne;

faithful love and truth go before you.

He will cover you with his feathers;

you will take refuge under his wings.

His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,

and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

The works of his hands are truth and justice;

all his instructions are trustworthy.

Not to us, LORD, not to us,

but to your name give glory

because of your faithful love, because of your truth.

For his faithful love to us is great;

the LORD’s faithfulness endures forever.

Hallelujah!

Never take the word of truth from my mouth,

for I hope in your judgments.

The LORD swore an oath to David,

a promise he will not abandon:

“I will set one of your offspring[fn]

on your throne.

I will bow down toward your holy temple

and give thanks to your name

for your constant love and truth.

You have exalted your name

and your promise above everything else.[fn]

The LORD is near all who call out to him,

all who call out to him with integrity.

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them.

He remains faithful forever,

Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.

Tie them around your neck;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

“For my mouth tells the truth,

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

The wicked person earns an empty wage,

but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

Truthful lips endure forever,

but a lying tongue, only a moment.

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?

But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,

and one turns from evil by the fear of the LORD.

Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king;

through loyalty he maintains his throne.

in order to teach you true and reliable words,

so that you may give a dependable report[fn]

to those who sent you?

Buy ​— ​and do not sell ​— ​truth,

wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

A king who judges the poor with fairness —

his throne will be established forever.

The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and write words of truth accurately.

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

a throne will be established in love,

and one will sit on it faithfully[fn]

in the tent of David,

judging and pursuing what is right,

quick to execute justice.

He said, “Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases you.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: There will be peace and security during my lifetime.

“He will not break a bruised reed,

and he will not put out a smoldering wick;

he will faithfully bring justice.

All the nations are gathered together,

and the peoples are assembled.

Who among them can declare this,

and tell us the former things?

Let them present their witnesses

to vindicate themselves,

so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

“Listen to this, house of Jacob —

those who are called by the name Israel

and have descended from[fn] Judah,

who swear by the name of the LORD

and declare the God of Israel,

but not in truth or righteousness.

Justice is turned back,

and righteousness stands far off.

For truth has stumbled in the public square,

and honesty cannot enter.

For I the LORD love justice;

I hate robbery and injustice;[fn]

I will faithfully reward my people

and make a permanent covenant with them.

I planted you, a choice vine

from the very best seed.

How then could you turn into

a degenerate, foreign vine?

then you can swear, “As the LORD lives,”

in truth, justice, and righteousness,

and then the nations will be blessed[fn] by him

and will boast in him.