Psalms 18:23

Psalms 18:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

Context of Psalms 18:23

21because I have kept the ways of the Lord and I have not wickedly turned away from my God, 22because all his judgments are in front of me and I have not turned away from his laws. I was innocent as far as he was concerned. I have kept myself from guilt. 24The Lord paid me back because of my righteousness, because he can see that my hands are clean. 25⌞In dealing⌟ with faithful people you are faithful, with innocent people you are innocent,

Psalms 18:23 word by word

וָאֱהִ֣י תָמִ֣ים עִמּ֑וֹ וָ֝אֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֗ר מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I was also uprightתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• before him, and I keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• myself from mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Psalms 18:23

• Psalms 7:1O Lord my God, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me.
• Psalms 11:7The Lord is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Decent people will see his face.
• Psalms 17:3You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
• Psalms 37:27Avoid evil, do good, and live forever.
• 1 Samuel 26:23The Lord will reward any person who is righteous and faithful. The Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to attack the Lord’s anointed king.
• 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that you examine hearts and delight in honesty. With an honest heart I have willingly offered all these things. I’ve been overjoyed to see your people here offering so willingly to you.
• Matthew 5:29“So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have all of it thrown into hell.
• Matthew 18:8“If your hand or your foot causes you to lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life disabled or injured than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire.

Commentaries on Psalms 18:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23I was also upright - The times in which David was most afflicted were the times of his greatest uprightness. Adversity was always to him a time of spiritual prosperity. Mine iniquity - Probably meaning what is generally termed the easily-besetting sin; the sin of his constitution, or that to which the temperament of his body most powerfully disposed him. What this was, is a subject of useless conjecture.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23I was also upright before him - Margin, with. The meaning is that he was upright in his sight. The word rendered upright is the same which in Job 1:1 is rendered perfect. See the note at that passage. And I kept myself from mine iniquity - From the iniquity to which I was prone or inclined. This is an acknowledgment that he was prone to sin, or that if he had acted out his natural character he would have indulged in sin - perhaps such sins as had been…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. 20-24The psalmist states that loyalty brings rewards. He trusts in the Lord (see Psalm 16:1) and promises to live with integrity (see Psalms 1, 15, 24; see also 19:12–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2420-24. The statements of innocence, righteousness, &c., refer, doubtless, to his personal and official conduct and his purposes, during all the trials to which he was subjected in Saul's persecutions and Absalom's rebellions, as well as the various wars in which he had been engaged as the head and defender of God's Church and people.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