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Psalms 18:26
26with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever.
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
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, with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever. 27You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look. 28O Lord, you light my lamp. My God turns my darkness into light.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:26 word by word
עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:26
- Psalms 109:17He loved to put curses ⌞on others⌟, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless ⌞others⌟, so he never received a blessing.
- Leviticus 26:23“If this discipline does not help and you still resist,
- Proverbs 3:34When he mocks the mockers, he is gracious to humble people.
- Romans 2:4Do you have contempt for God, who is very kind to you, puts up with you, and deals patiently with you? Don’t you realize that it is God’s kindness that is trying to lead you to him and change the way you think and act?
- James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. 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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