2 Samuel 22:26

With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou wilt be perfect,

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

In Context

25And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.

27and with the + 22:27 Or, upon the haughty.excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.

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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 →

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