2 Samuel 22:21
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
20And he brought me forth into a large space: he delivered me, because he had delight in me.
22For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:25Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to my purity before his eyes.
1 Kings 8:32Then do thou hear in heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, by condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and by justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Psalms 7:3(7:4) O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
Psalms 18:20(18:21) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
Psalms 24:4He that is of clean hands, and pure of heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, and hath not sworn deceitfully:
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 →