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Psalms 18:26
26with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.
Psalms 18:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- New International Version (NIV)to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- English Standard Version (ESV)with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
Context of Psalms 18:26
24So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless, with the pure you prove yourself pure, but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd. 27For you rescue an oppressed people, but you humble those with haughty eyes. 28Lord, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.
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עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:26
- Psalms 109:17He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.
- Leviticus 26:23“If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me,
- Proverbs 3:34He mocks those who mock but gives grace to the humble.
- Romans 2:4Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26With the froward - עקש ikkesh, the perverse man; he that is crooked in his tempers and ways. Thou wilt show thyself froward - תתפתל tithpattal, thou wilt set thyself to twist, twine, and wrestle. If he contend, thou wilt contend with him. Thou wilt follow him through all his windings; thou wilt trace him through all his crooked ways; untwist him in all his cunning wiles; and defeat all his schemes of stubbornness, fraud, overreaching, and deceit. My old…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26With the pure - Those who are pure in their thoughts, their motives, their conduct. Thou wilt show thyself pure - They will find that they have to deal with a God who is himself pure; who loves purity, and who will accompany it with appropriate rewards wherever it is found. And with the froward - The word used here - עקשׁ ‛iqqêsh - means properly perverse; a man of a perverse and wicked mind. It is derived from a verb - עקשׁ ‛âqash - which means, to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked departure from our God. David kept his eye upon the rule of God's commands. Constant care to keep from that sin, whatever it be, which most easily besets us, proves that we are upright before God. Those who show mercy to others, even they need mercy. Those who are faithful to God, shall find him all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26The pure have clean hands (see Psalm 18:20–24). to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd: The Lord understands everyone's character and responds to them fairly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. God renders to men according to their deeds in a penal, not vindictive, sense (Le 26:23, 24). merciful--or, "kind" (Psa 4:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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