Psalms 18:21
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
In Context
20And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:32And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and departed not from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.
Psalms 7:9The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
Psalms 26:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
Daniel 6:23Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den: and Daniel was taken out of the den, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed in his God.
1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and without blame, we have been to you that have believed:
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 →