Psalms 18:22
\18:21\For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
In Context
21\18:20\The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
23\18:22\For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:13And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:
Job 23:11My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Psalms 119:30I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.
Psalms 119:117Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.
John 5:14After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:21-29
Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 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. 23 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… Read the whole commentary →