Lexicon :: Strong's H2623 - ḥāsîḏ

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful one;[fn]

you tested him at Massah

and contended with him at the Waters of Meribah.

He guards the steps[fn] of his faithful ones,

but the wicked perish in darkness,

for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

With the faithful

you prove yourself faithful,

with the blameless

you prove yourself blameless,

Now therefore:

Arise, LORD God, come to your resting place,

you and your powerful ark.

May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation,

and may your faithful people rejoice in goodness.

Know that the LORD has set apart

the faithful for himself;

the LORD will hear when I call to him.

Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains;

the loyal have disappeared from the human race.[fn]

For you will not abandon me to Sheol;

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

With the faithful

you prove yourself faithful,

with the blameless

you prove yourself blameless,

Sing to the LORD, you his faithful ones,

and praise his holy name.

Love the LORD, all his faithful ones.

The LORD protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately.[fn]

When great floodwaters come,

they will not reach him.

For the LORD loves justice

and will not abandon his faithful ones.

They are kept safe forever,

but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

[fn]Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause

against an unfaithful nation;

rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.

“Gather my faithful ones to me,

those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

I will praise you forever for what you have done.

In the presence of your faithful people,

I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.

They gave the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of your faithful ones

to the beasts of the earth.

I will listen to what God will say;

surely the LORD will declare peace

to his people, his faithful ones,

and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.

You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones

and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;

I have exalted one chosen[fn] from the people.

You who love the LORD, hate evil!

He protects the lives of his faithful ones;

he rescues them from the power of the wicked.

The death of his faithful ones

is valuable in the LORD’s sight.

May your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and may your faithful people shout for joy.

“I will clothe its priests with salvation,

and its faithful people will shout for joy.

All you have made will thank you, LORD;

the[fn] faithful will bless you.

The LORD is righteous in all his ways

and faithful in all his acts.

He has raised up a horn for his people,

resulting in praise to all his faithful ones,

to the Israelites, the people close to him.

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Sing to the LORD a new song,

his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

Let the faithful celebrate in triumphal glory;

let them shout for joy on their beds.

carrying out the judgment decreed against them.

This honor is for all his faithful people.

Hallelujah!

so that he may guard the paths of justice

and protect the way of his faithful followers.

“Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say,

‘Return, unfaithful Israel.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will not look on you with anger,[fn]

for I am unfailing in my love.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will not be angry forever.

Faithful people have vanished from the land;

there is no one upright among the people.

All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;

they hunt each other with a net.