21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Other Translations of 2 Samuel 22:21

New International Version

21 "The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

English Standard Version

21 "The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

The Message

21 God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start.

New King James Version

21 "The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

New Living Translation

21 The Lord rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:21

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David's psalm of thanksgiving.

This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.