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 judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

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
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
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Matthew 5:29–30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
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Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
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1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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1 Samuel 26:23
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.
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Psalms 11:7
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
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Psalms 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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Psalms 7:1–8
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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