2 Samuel 22:21
“Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right; you did good things for me because I ◄was innocent/had not done things that are wrong►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
20You brought me to a place where I was safe; you rescued me because you were pleased with me.
22Yahweh, I have obeyed your laws; I have not turned away from you, my God.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:25So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right, because you know that I ◄am innocent of doing/have not done► wrong things.
1 Kings 8:32then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.
Psalms 7:3Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
Psalms 18:20Yahweh has rewarded me because I do what is right; he has blessed me because I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►.
Psalms 24:4Only those whose actions [MTY] and thoughts are pure, who have not worshiped idols, and who do not tell lies when they have solemnly promised to tell the truth.
James 4:8Come near spiritually to God, and as a result he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide whether you will ◄ commit yourselves to God/obey God completely►, stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].
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 →