2 Samuel 22:26

26 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

2 Samuel 22:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:26

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, [and] with
the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
] (See Gill on Psalms 18:25).

2 Samuel 22:26 In-Context

24 And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.

25 And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his sight.

26 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

27 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

28 And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.

Footnotes

• [a] Or 'perfect,' as Gen. 6.9; 17.1; Deut. 18.13.
• [b] Chasid, 'pious,' 'godly:' see 2Chron. 6.41. A form of this word is used specifically of the ways of Hezekiah and of Josiah in 2Chron. 32.32 and 35.26. See also Ps.4.3; 12.1; 16.10.