Psalms 18:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה כְּצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃

Transliteration

yigmeleni YHWH according to tsidqi according to bor yaday yashiv to me.

Grammar Details

*yigmeleni*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will reward me
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*tsidqi*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my righteousness
*bor*: masculine singular construct - cleanness of
*yaday*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my hands
*yashiv*: hifil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will return/restore

Word Meanings

*yigmeleni*: he will reward me/he will recompense me/he will deal with me
*tsidqi*: my righteousness/my justice/my righteous deeds
*bor*: cleanness of/purity of/cleanliness of
*yashiv*: he will return/he will restore/he will repay

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:102 : 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
2 Chr 34:33 : 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Ps 17:4 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Ps 26:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Ps 119:10-11 : 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 22:21-25
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21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
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24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Job 23:11-12
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82%
11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
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101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
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1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
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Ps 26:11
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10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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