Pious

"one who is pious, godly." Psalms contains 25 of the 32 appearance of this word. Basically, h?asîd means one who practices h?esed ("loving-kindness"), so it is to be translated the "pious" or "godly one." The word's first biblical occurrence is in Deut 33:8 where it represents a human being: "Give to Levi thy Thummim, and thy Urim to thy godly one" (rsv). The word appears in Psa 32:6: "For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found…" The word is applied to God in Psa 145:17: "The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works." This noun is derived from the noun h?esed.