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Contemporary English Version

Psalms 18:24

You have been good to me because I do right; you have rewarded me for being innocent by your standards.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Frowardness;   Mercy;   Obedience;   Purity;   Recompense/restitution;   Rendering;   Uprightness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lye;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Justice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nomism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Lord repaid meaccording to my righteousness,according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
King James Version
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
English Standard Version
So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
New Century Version
The Lord rewarded me because I did what was right, because I did what the Lord said was right.
New English Translation
The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.
Amplified Bible
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity), According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
World English Bible
Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
Complete Jewish Bible
I was pure-hearted with him and kept myself from my sin.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Lord rewarded me for doing what is right. He could see that I am innocent.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyes.
Good News Translation
And so he rewards me because I do what is right, because he knows that I am innocent.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore Yahweh has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal ye LORDE rewarde me after my rightuous dealinge, & acordinge vnto ye clenesse of my hodes in his eye sight.
American Standard Version
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Bible in Basic English
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousnesse, according to the cleannesse of my hands in his eye-sight.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
English Revised Version
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal be vnwemmed with hym; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse.
Update Bible Version
Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
New King James Version
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
New Living Translation
The Lord rewarded me for doing right. He has seen my innocence.
New Life Bible
So the Lord has paid me back for being right with Him, and for my hands being clean in His eyes.
New Revised Standard
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-25) And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

Contextual Overview

20 You are good to me, Lord , because I do right, and you reward me because I am innocent. 21 I do what you want and never turn to do evil. 22 I keep your laws in mind and never look away from your teachings. 23 I obey you completely and guard against sin. 24 You have been good to me because I do right; you have rewarded me for being innocent by your standards. 25 You are always loyal to your loyal people, and you are faithful to the faithful. 26 With all who are sincere, you are sincere, but you treat the unfaithful as their deeds deserve. 27 You rescue the humble, but you put down all who are proud. 28 You, the Lord God, keep my lamp burning and turn darkness to light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord recompensed me: Ruth 2:12, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Hebrews 6:16

in his eyesight: Heb. before his eyes

Reciprocal: Judges 1:33 - became Psalms 18:20 - cleanness Psalms 36:10 - and thy Isaiah 3:10 - they shall eat Isaiah 59:18 - According

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
The Lord asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age?
Genesis 18:14
I am the Lord ! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son."
Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "Please don't get angry, Lord , if I speak just once more. Suppose you find only ten good people there." "For the sake of ten good people," the Lord told him, "I still won't destroy the city."
Isaiah 1:9
Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the Lord All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.
Jeremiah 5:1
The Lord said to me: "Search Jerusalem for honest people who try to be faithful. If you can find even one, I'll forgive the whole city.
Acts 27:24
to tell me, "Paul, don't be afraid! You will stand trial before the Emperor. And because of you, God will save the lives of everyone on the ship."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness,.... Having proved and supported this proposition by the above reasons, it is repeated, for confirmation's sake;

according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight; this phrase, "in his eyesight", is here added, to show that the righteousness of Christ was clean, pure, and spotless in the sight of God; in the eye of divine justice: hence those that are clothed with it are holy and unblamable, and irreprovable in his sight, Colossians 1:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me - By delivering me from my enemies. The divine interpositions in his behalf had been of the nature of a reward or recompense.

According to my righteousness - As if I were righteous; or, his acts of intervention have been such as are appropriate to a righteous life. The psalmist does not say that it was on account of his righteousness as if he had merited the favor of God, but that the interpositions in his behalf had been such as to show that God regarded him as righteous.

According to the cleanness of my hands - See the note at Psalms 18:20.

In his eyesight - Margin, as in Hebrew, before his eyes. The idea is that God saw that he was upright.


 
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