Psalms 18:20
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. A royal thanksgiving psalm attributed to David after God delivered him from Saul and his enemies. One of the longest psalms, it describes divine deliverance in theophanic imagery of earthquake, storm, and lightning, celebrates God's role in military victory, and …
Other Translations
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Cross References
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off …
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have …
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good …
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be …
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that …
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn …