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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:20

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 has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
ASV
Jehovah hath 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 doth recompense 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.
DRC17:21
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
GNV
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:
JPS18:21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
LXXE17:21
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:21
יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה כְּצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃KJV:Ps.18.20
LXX-Br17:21
Καὶ ἀνταποδώσει μοι Κύριος κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καθαριότητα τῶν χειρῶν μου ἀνταποδώσει 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 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
  • 1 Corinthians 3:8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
  • Matthew 6:4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
  • Job 22:30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
  • Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  • Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  • Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
  • Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
  • Isaiah 62:11Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
  • Psalms 18:24So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
  • Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
  • 1 Samuel 24:11–13See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are…
  • 1 Samuel 24:19–20When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day. Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be…
  • Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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  • 18:21 in some Bibles
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