Psalms 18:23
And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
22For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
Psalms 11:7For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'
Psalms 37:27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
Matthew 5:29'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to 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 →