Psalms 18:22-28 in English

²² For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.

²² My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them.

²³ He knows that I have not done what is wrong; I have kept myself from sinning.

²⁴ So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I SYN have not committed sins.

²⁵ Yahweh, you are faithful to those who faithfully do what you tell them to do; you always do what is good/right to those who do what you want them to do.

²⁶ You are kind to those who are kind to others, but you act wisely toward those who ◄act perversely/do bad things►.

²⁷ You save those who are humble, but you cause those who are proud to be humiliated/ashamed.

²⁸ You give light to my soul/spirit; you take away the darkness of my soul.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

²³ And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

²⁴ Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

²⁵ On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

²⁶ He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

²⁷ For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

²⁸ You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

²² For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;

²³ And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

²⁶ With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

²⁷ For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

²⁸ For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

²² I have kept all his laws in mind; I have not ignored his commandments.

²³ I am blameless in his sight; I keep myself from sinning.

²⁴ The Lord rewarded me for doing what's right. I am innocent in his sight.

²⁵ You show trust to those who trust; you show integrity to those with integrity,

²⁶ You show yourself pure to those who are pure, but you show yourself smart to those who are crafty.

²⁷ You save the humble, but you bring down the proud.

²⁸ You light my lamp! Lord, my God, you light up my darkness!

²² For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his commandements from mee.

²³ I was vpright also with him, and haue kept me from my wickednes.

²⁴ Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight.

²⁵ With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward.

²⁷ Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.

²⁸ Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.

²² (18-23) For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.

²³ (18-24) And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ (18-25) Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

²⁵ (18-26) With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

²⁶ (18-27) With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

²⁷ (18-28) For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.

²⁸ (18-29) For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me, And I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also upright before him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But wilt bring down high looks.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my candle: The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

²² (18:23) For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.

²³ (18:24) I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.

²⁴ (18:25) Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

²⁵ (18:26) With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

²⁶ (18:27) With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.

²⁷ (18:28) For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

²⁸ (18:29) For thou wilt cause my light to shine: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

²² For all his laws were in my sight; I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was upright before him, And kept myself from iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

²⁵ To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;

²⁶ To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

²⁷ For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.

²⁸ Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.

²² His commandments were all before me, his statutes I put not away.

²³ And I was blameless before him, guarding myself from sin.

²⁴ So the Lord repaid my innocence, my cleanness of hands in his sight.

²⁵ With the loyal you are loyal, and with the blameless blameless.

²⁶ With the pure you show yourself pure, but shrewd with the devious.

²⁷ For the lowly people you save, but haughty eyes you abase.

²⁸ You are my lamp, Lord, my God who enlightens my darkness.

²² His commandments were all before me, his statutes I put not away.

²³ And I was blameless before him, guarding myself from sin.

²⁴ So the Lord repaid my innocence, my cleanness of hands in his sight.

²⁵ With the loyal you are loyal, and with the blameless blameless.

²⁶ With the pure you show yourself pure, but shrewd with the devious.

²⁷ For the lowly people you save, but haughty eyes you abase.

²⁸ You are my lamp, Lord, my God who enlightens my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me. I didn’t put away his regulations from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Adonai has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, Adonai . My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.

²³ I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has restored me because of my righteousness, because my hands were clean before his eyes.

²⁵ To anyone who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless.

²⁶ To anyone who is pure, you show yourself pure; but you are clever toward anyone who is twisted.

²⁷ For you save afflicted people, but you bring down those with proud, uplifted eyes!

²⁸ For you give light to my lamp; Yahweh my God lights up my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

²⁶ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

²⁸ For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

²² For all his dooms be in my sight; and I putted not away from me his rightfulnesses or rightwisenesses.

²³ And I shall be unwemmed with him; and I shall keep me from my wickedness.

²⁴ And the Lord shall yield to me by my rightfulness or rightwiseness; and by the cleanness of mine hands in the sight of his eyes.

²⁵ With the holy, thou shalt be holy; and with an innocent man, thou shalt be innocent.

²⁶ And with a chosen man, thou shalt be chosen; and with a wayward man, thou shalt be wayward.

²⁷ For thou shalt make safe a meek people; and thou shalt make meek the eyes of proud men.

²⁸ For thou, Lord, lightenest my lantern; my God, lighten thou my darknesses.

²² For all his dooms be in my sight; and I putted not away from me his rightfulnesses. (For all his laws were before me; and I did not go away from his commands.)

²³ And I shall be unwemmed with him; and I shall keep me from my wickedness. (And I was without blemish, or without fault, before him; for I have kept myself from my own wickedness.)

²⁴ And the Lord shall yield to me by my rightfulness; and by the cleanness of mine hands in the sight of his eyes. (And so the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; and according to the cleanness of my hands before him.)

²⁵ With the holy, thou shalt be holy; and with an innocent man, thou shalt be innocent. (With the holy, O Lord, thou shalt be holy; and with the innocent, thou shalt be innocent.)

²⁶ And with a chosen man, thou shalt be chosen; and with a wayward man, thou shalt be wayward. (And with the chosen, thou shalt be chosen; but to the wicked, thou shalt be vengeful, or punishing.)

²⁷ For thou shalt make safe a meek people; and thou shalt make meek the eyes of proud men. (And thou shalt save, or help, the poor; but thou shalt humble those who be high in their own eyes or but thou shalt look with contempt upon the proud.)

²⁸ For thou, Lord, lightenest my lantern; my God, lighten thou my darknesses. (For thou, Lord, brightenest my lantern; my God, thou lightest up my darknesses.)

²² For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

²³ And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴ And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

²⁵ With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

²⁷ For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

²⁸ For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.