Psalms 18:23
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.
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
24 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
25 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- KJV
- I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- WEB
- I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
- ASV
- I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- DARBY
- And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
- BLB
- And I was blameless before Him, and I guarded myself from my iniquity.
- ÅB
- Og jeg var ulastelig for ham
og voktet meg vel for min synd. - OTB
- Jeg var også ulastelig for ham,
Og jeg holdt meg fra urett. - B1930
- Og jeg var ulastelig for ham og voktet mig vel for min synd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 18:8–9
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
Read in contextMatthew 5:29–30
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Read in contextPsalms 37:27
Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:23
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
Read in contextPsalms 11:7
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Read in contextPsalms 17:3
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Read in contextPsalms 7:1–8
O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
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