Psalms 18:23
And I was blameless before him, guarding myself from sin.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
22His commandments were all before me, his statutes I put not away.
24So the Lord repaid my innocence, my cleanness of hands in his sight.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For the Lord is just, and justice he loves; so the upright will see his face.
Psalms 37:27Turn away from evil and do good and you will live in the land forever.
Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it thrown into Gehenna.
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 →