New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 18:20
20The Lord has 1rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the 2cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
Psalms 18:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
Context of Psalms 18:20
18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay. 19He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. 21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 22For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:20 word by word
יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה כְּצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 18:20
- Psalms 58:11And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
- 1 Samuel 24:17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.
- Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord, And My reward with My God.”
- Isaiah 62:11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
- Matthew 6:4so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.
- Psalms 18:24Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully.
- Psalms 26:6I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
- 1 Samuel 24:11Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.
- Hebrews 7:26For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;
Commentaries on Psalms 18:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The Lord rewarded me - David proceeds to give the reasons why God had so marvellously interposed in his behalf. According to my righteousness - Instead of being an enemy to Saul, I was his friend. I dealt righteously with him while he dealt unrighteously with me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness - That is, he saw that I did not deserve the treatment which I received from my enemies, and therefore he interposed to save me. Compare the note at Psalm 17:3. According to the cleanness of my hands - So far as my fellow-men are concerned. I have done them no wrong. Hath he recompensed me - By rescuing me from the power of my enemies. It is not inconsistent with proper views of piety - with true humility…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
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