2 Samuel 22:26

With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

In Context

25And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

27With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:7'Happy the kind — because they shall find kindness.

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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