Psalm 18:20 “The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid…”

Psalm 18:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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Cross references

“rewarded”

Psalm 58:11 Matthew 6:4 1 Corinthians 3:8 Proverbs 11:18 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 62:11

Psalm 58:11 · BSB

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

Matthew 6:4 · BSB

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

1 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

Proverbs 11:18 · BSB

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

Isaiah 49:4 · BSB

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Isaiah 62:11 · BSB

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

“cleanness”

Psalm 24:4 Psalm 18:24 Psalm 7:3 Hebrews 7:26 Psalm 26:6 1 Samuel 24:11–13

Psalm 24:4 · BSB

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Psalm 18:24 · BSB

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

Psalm 7:3 · BSB

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

Hebrews 7:26 · BSB

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Psalm 26:6 · BSB

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

1 Samuel 24:11–13 · BSB

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are huntin…

Also

Job 22:30 Psalm 7:8 1 Samuel 24:19–20

Job 22:30 · BSB

He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

Psalm 7:8 · BSB

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

1 Samuel 24:19–20 · BSB

When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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