2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord shall yield to me after my rightwiseness; and he shall yield to me after the cleanness of mine hands.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

In Context

20And he led me out into largeness, and he delivered me; for I pleased him. (And he led me out into a large place, and he saved me; because he delighted in me.)

22For I [have] kept the ways of the Lord; and I did not (turn) wickedly from my God. (For I have followed the Lord’s ways; and I have not wickedly turned from my God.)

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:25And the Lord shall restore to me after my rightwiseness; and after the cleanness of mine hands in the sight of his eyes.

1 Kings 8:32(then) thou shalt hear in heaven, and thou shalt do, and thou shalt deem thy servants; and thou shalt condemn the wicked man, and shalt yield his way on (to) his head, and thou shalt justify the just man, and shalt yield to him after his rightfulness.

Psalms 7:3My Lord God, if I did this thing, if wickedness is in mine hands, or works; (My Lord God, if I did this thing, if there is wickedness, or a stain, upon my hands, or deeds;)

Psalms 18:20And the Lord shall yield to me by my rightfulness; and he shall yield to me by the cleanness of mine hands. (And the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; he rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.)

Psalms 24:4The innocent in hands, that is, in works, and in clean heart; which took not his soul in vain, neither swore in guile to his neighbour. (Those with innocent hands, or works, and with clean, or pure, hearts; they who took not their souls unto idols, nor swore falsely to their neighbours.)

James 4:8Nigh ye to God, and he shall nigh to you. Ye sinners, cleanse ye the hands, and ye double in soul [or and ye double of will], purge ye the hearts. (Come near to God, and he shall come near to you. Ye sinners, cleanse your hands, and ye of two minds, purge your hearts.)

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 →

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