Psalms 18:20
18 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- KJV
- The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- WEB
- The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- DARBY
- Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- BLB
- YHWH rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands, He returned [it] to me.
- ÅB
- Herren gjengjeldte meg etter min rettferdighet;
han betalte meg etter mine henders renhet. - OTB
- Herren har belønnet meg i samsvar med min rettferdighet;
Etter mine henders renhet har han gjengjeldt meg. - B1930
- Herren gjengjeldte mig efter min rettferdighet, han betalte mig efter mine henders renhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
Read in contextMatthew 6:4
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:8
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Read in contextPsalms 58:11
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
Read in contextJob 22:30
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
Read in contextProverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:11
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
Read in contextHebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
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