Psalms 18:21
I have obeyed Yahweh’s laws; I have not abandoned him.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
In Context
22My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:32He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh, like his father Asa had done, and he did not stop doing those things.
Psalms 7:9God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you always do what is just/right. So now stop evil people from doing wicked deeds, and defend all of us who are righteous!
Psalms 26:1Yahweh, show that I ◄am innocent/have not done what is wrong►. I always do what is right; I have trusted in you and never doubted that you would help me.
Psalms 119:102I have not ◄turned away from/quit► obeying ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, because you have taught me while I have studied them.
Daniel 6:23The king was extremely happy, and he commanded his servants to lift me out of the pit. When they did that, they saw that the lions had not wounded me at all. God had protected me because I trusted in him.
1 Thessalonians 2:10You know that it is true, and God knows that it is true, that we conducted our lives in a very pure, right, and faultless [DOU] manner toward you believers.
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 →