2 Samuel 22:21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

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New International Version
“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

New Living Translation
The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.

English Standard Version
“The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

King James Bible
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

New King James Version
“The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

New American Standard Bible
“The LORD has treated me in accordance with my righteousness; In accordance with the cleanliness of my hands He has repaid me.

NASB 1995
“The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

NASB 1977
“The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Amplified Bible
“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

American Standard Version
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Contemporary English Version
You are good to me, LORD, because I do right, and you reward me because I am innocent.

English Revised Version
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD rewarded me because of my righteousness, because my hands are clean. He paid me back

Good News Translation
The LORD rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

International Standard Version
The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

NET Bible
The LORD repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

World English Bible
Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
YHWH repays me, "" According to my righteousness, "" According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

Smith's Literal Translation
Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice: According to the cleanness of my hands he turned back to me.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands.

New American Bible
The LORD acknowledged my righteousness; rewarded my clean hands.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH rewarded me according to my righteousness and according to the purity of my hands he turned to me

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

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Context

David's Song of Deliverance
…20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. 21The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. 22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.…

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Cross References

Psalm 18:20
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

Psalm 18:24
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Psalm 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

Psalm 24:4-5
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully. / He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalm 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

Psalm 103:17-18
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— / to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Luke 6:22-23
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Treasury of Scripture

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

rewarded

2 Samuel 22:25
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

1 Samuel 26:23
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.

1 Kings 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

cleanness

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Psalm 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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2 Samuel 22

1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

Berean Study Bible

The LORD
The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. In the context of David's song of deliverance, it underscores the personal relationship between God and His chosen king. Yahweh is not a distant deity but an intimately involved protector and provider, rewarding those who walk in His ways.

has rewarded me
The Hebrew root for "rewarded" is "gamal," which can mean to deal bountifully or to recompense. This suggests a divine response to human actions, where God, in His justice, acknowledges and blesses the faithfulness of His servants. It reflects the biblical principle of sowing and reaping, where righteous living leads to divine favor.

according to my righteousness
"Righteousness" in Hebrew is "tsedaqah," which refers to right standing or moral integrity before God. David's claim here is not of sinless perfection but of a life generally aligned with God's will. In the conservative Christian perspective, this righteousness is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who imputes His righteousness to believers, enabling them to stand justified before God.

He has repaid me
The phrase "has repaid" comes from the Hebrew "shuv," meaning to return or restore. It conveys the idea of God restoring or giving back in kind, highlighting His role as a just judge who ensures that His servants receive their due. This repayment is not merely material but encompasses spiritual blessings and divine favor.

according to the cleanness of my hands
"Cleanness" in Hebrew is "bor," indicating purity or innocence. "Hands" symbolize actions or deeds. Thus, "cleanness of my hands" refers to the purity of one's actions and intentions. In the historical context, David's life, despite its flaws, was marked by a sincere pursuit of God's heart and commands. This phrase encourages believers to live with integrity, knowing that God sees and rewards the purity of their actions.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 21-25. -

"Jehovah hath requited me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
And sinned not so as to depart from my God.
For all his judgments have been kept in sight,

And from his statutes I have not departed.
I was also perfect towards him,
And was on my guard against my sin.
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight." It is impossible to suppose that these verses could have been written after David's fall. For while be acknowledges in them a tendency to sin, he affirms that he had been on his guard against it, and that he had ever kept God's statutes present before his view. However complete may be the penitent's recovery, yet can he never again be "perfect," the word applied to an animal without blemish, and therefore fit for sacrifice. The crime remains a blemish, even though the intense sorrow for the sin may make it the means of even attaining to a higher stage of spirituality and devotion. In ver. 22 the words literally are, "I have not sinned away from God," sin necessarily removing the sinner away from that nearness to God which is the privilege of the saint.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

The LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has rewarded me
יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי (yiḡ·mə·lê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

according to my righteousness;
כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י (kə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

He has repaid me
יָשִׁ֥יב (yā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

according to the cleanness
כְּבֹ֥ר (kə·ḇōr)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1252: Cleanness, pureness

of my hands.
יָדַ֖י (yā·ḏay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

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