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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:21

In 11 translations

BSB
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
KJV
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
WEB
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
ASV
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
LSV
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.
YLT
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
DBY
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.Elohim
DRC17:22
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
GNV
Because I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.
JPS18:22
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
LXXE17:22
For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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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

WLC18:22
כִּֽי־שָׁ֭מַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־רָ֝שַׁ֗עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃KJV:Ps.18.21
LXX-Br17:22
Ὅτι ἐφύλαξα τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἠσέβησα ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:102I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
  • Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
  • Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
  • Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
  • 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
  • 2 Chronicles 34:33And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the…
  • Psalms 119:10–11With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
  • 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

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  • 18:22 in some Bibles
  • 18:21 in most Bibles

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