Psalms 18:20
LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
21For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not. Know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned
1 Samuel 24:19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore LORD reward thee good for that which thou have done to me this day.
Job 36:16Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Psalms 7:8LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →