Psalms 18:23

before. with.

mine iniquity. Some codices read "the wicked". Hebrew " avah. App-44.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was also upright before him - Margin, with. The meaning is that he was upright in his sight. The word rendered upright is the same which in Jo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine (f) iniquity. (f) I neither gave place to their wicked temptations nor to my own desires....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he can...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. I was also upright with him. All the verbs in this verse are put by David in the future tense, I will be upright, etc. because he doe...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 517 BESETTING SINS Psalms 18:23 . I kept myself from mine iniquity. NOTHING is a richer source of comfort to any man than the testi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. I was also upright - The times in which David was most afflicted were the times...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I kept myself from mine iniquity— The affix י jod, my to the noun עון avon may probably be merely supplemental, and not point out any particula...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. I was also upright before him - literally, with Him ( Genesis 17:1 ; De...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22 , and the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If there was no other passage in this Psalm to imply that David delivered this song of praise under the spirit of prophecy, in reference to the Lord...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I was also upright before him ,.... In heart and conversation, being sincere and faithful; so David was in the sight of God; but this is much more t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ver. 23. I was also upright before him ] This he had because he kept God's co...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness “Commentators have been much perplexed,” says Dr. Horne, “to account for these unlimited claims...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The L ORD rewarded me acc...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I did not pretend religion before men for my own ends, but did approve my heart and ways to the all-seeing God. And I kept myself from mine iniquity...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David's Gives The Explanation For His Triumph ( Psalms 18:20-24 ). David's explanation for YHWH's intervention on his behalf is simple. His attitu...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the fig...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. What a blessed «I will»: «I will love thee»! He does love the Lord, and he declares that he...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1-3 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will tr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies....
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord reward me according to my righteousness. Of the justice of David’s behaviour I. David’s righteousness. Righteousness consists in rende...
The Biblical Illustrator

I was also upright before Him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. The upright heart, and its darling sin Things that David here takes notice o...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Te...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I was also upright before Him, in the outward observance of the Law, and I kept myself from mine iniquity, from bold transgression and wickedness.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:17 ; 1 Samuel 26:23 ; Matthew 18:8 ; Matthew 18:9 ; Matthew 5:29 ; Matthew 5:30 ; Psalms 7:1-8

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:23