But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.

你所喜爱的是内里诚实；你在我隐密处，必使我得智慧。

你所喜爱的是内心的诚实；求你在我隐密处使我得智慧。

你所喜爱的是内心的诚实；求你在我隐密处使我得智慧。

你所喜爱的是内心的诚实，求你使我内心有智慧。

看哪！你喜爱的是内心的诚实；在我内心的隐密处，你使我得智慧。

看哪，你喜悦内心深处的诚实，你使我在内心的隐秘处明白智慧！

你所喜愛的是內裏誠實；你在我隱密處，必使我得智慧。

你所喜愛的是內心的誠實；求你在我隱密處使我得智慧。

你所喜愛的是內心的誠實；求你在我隱密處使我得智慧。

你所喜愛的是內心的誠實，求你使我內心有智慧。

看哪！你喜愛的是內心的誠實；在我內心的隱密處，你使我得智慧。

啊，你所喜愛的是內裏真實；求你使我在心底緊密處得以明白智慧。

看哪，你喜悅內心深處的誠實，你使我在內心的隱祕處明白智慧！

中懷誠實、為爾所悅、必使我衷通達智慧兮、

中心真實、爾所悅懌、予求於爾、以智慧畀我衷曲兮。

衷藏誠實、為主所喜愛、求主使我心懷智慧、

得罪我主。神鑑實明。宜受爾責。宜伏爾懲。

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.

I know that you wanted faithfulness even when I was in my mother’s body. You taught me wisdom in that secret place.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within.

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Surely You desire integrity in the inner self, and You teach me wisdom deep within.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden[ part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind?

But the time is coming— indeed it’s here now— when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.

I love God’s law with all my heart.

My enemies cannot speak a truthful word. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with flattery.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.

But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.

In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God’s laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.

“ But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord.“ I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Then the Lord said to him,“ You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy— full of greed and wickedness!

“ Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

Put me on trial, Lord, and cross examine me. Test my motives and my heart.

We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

Didn’t Abraham tell me,‘ She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘ Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”In the dream God responded,“ Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

O Lord, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you.