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David’s Song of Deliverance

2 Samuel 22:21

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
KJV
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
WEB
Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.
ASV
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
LSV
YHWH repays me, || According to my righteousness, || According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
YLT
Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
DBY
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
DRC
The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.
GNV
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse: according to the purenesse of mine handes he recompensed me.
JPS
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
LXXE
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָדַ֖י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
  • Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
  • 1 Samuel 26:23May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  • 1 Kings 8:32then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his…
  • James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  • Psalms 7:3–4O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  • Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • 2 Samuel 22:25So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
  • Psalms 18:20–25The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances…
  • Psalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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