2 Samuel 22:25

25 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His eyes.

2 Samuel 22:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:25

Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
] (See Gill on Psalms 18:24).

2 Samuel 22:25 In-Context

23 For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His eyes.
26 "With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
27 With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read the cleanness of my hands in His sight (compare Psalm 18:24); Targum reads my cleanness before His word.
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