2 Samuel 22:21
The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him.
22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:25And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.
1 Kings 8:32Then hear thou in heaven: and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, and bringing his way upon his own head, and justifying the just, and rewarding him according to his justice.
Psalms 7:3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
Psalms 18:20And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
Psalms 24:4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →