Psalms 18:26
With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
In Context
25With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
27For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:27'And if for this ye hearken not to Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,
Psalms 109:17And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
Micah 2:7Doth the house of Jacob say, 'Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?' Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?
Romans 2:9tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;
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 →