2 Samuel 22:27

27 ¹With the pure You show Yourself pure, ²And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

2 Samuel 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:26).

2 Samuel 22:27 In-Context

25 "Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

26 "With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

28 "And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

29 "For You are my lamp, O LORD ; And the LORD illumines my darkness.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:3
• 2. Leviticus 26:23, 24; Romans 1:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "twisted"