2 Samuel 22:24
And I shall be blameless before him, 1 And will keep myself from my iniquity. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
23For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: 1 I departed not from them. 1
Cross References
Genesis 6:9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.
Job 1:1There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; 1 And that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, 1 Abstaining from everything evil. 1
Psalms 51:6Thou hast loved all words of destruction, 1 And a deceitful tongue. 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with the utmost care; 1 For out of these are the issues of life. 1
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 →