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Psa. 18:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I was also upright ζbefore him, and I kept myself from mine iniquityh.

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with.

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Psa. 37:27• ²⁷Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore; (Psa. 37:27)

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Psa. 7:1‑8:9• ¹Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
²Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
³Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
⁴If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
⁵Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
⁶Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
⁷And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
⁸Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
⁹Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
¹⁰My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
¹¹God is a righteous judge, and a *God who is indignant all the day.
¹²If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
¹³And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
¹⁵He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
¹⁷I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
¹To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.
²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.
³When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;
⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
⁵Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.
⁶Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:
⁷Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;
⁸The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.
⁹Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! (Psa. 7:1‑8:9)

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Psa. 11:7• ⁷For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:7)

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Psa. 17:3• ³Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word. (Psa. 17:3)

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Psa. 37:27• ²⁷Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore; (Psa. 37:27)

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1 Sam. 26:23• ²³And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for Jehovah gave thee into my hand this day, and I would not stretch forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed. (1 Sam. 26:23)

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1 Chron. 29:17• ¹⁷And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee. (1 Chron. 29:17)

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Heb. with.

I kept.

Matt. 5:29‑30• ²⁹But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
³⁰And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. (Matt. 5:29‑30)

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Matt. 18:8‑9• ⁸And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.
⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. (Matt. 18:8‑9)

• “I kept myself from mine iniquity,” verse 23, presents a difficulty in applying this part of the psalm personally to Christ. It is evident that the Lord could not speak of “mine iniquity” as referring to indwelling sin. It has been suggested that the Lord could use such language in reference to His special temptations that lay before Him in the path He had to tread (JND). Others have suggested different translations such as, “from perverseness being mine” (FWG), or “have kept myself from iniquity” (Perowne). (“Psalms 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I was uprightd with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

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Or "perfect." as Gen. 6.9; Job 1.1; 4.6.