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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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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• ¹<<Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.>> O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
²Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
³O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
⁶Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
⁷So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
⁸The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
¹⁰My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
¹²If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
¹⁵He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
¹⁷I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.
¹<<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.>> O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
⁷All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
⁸The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
⁹O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! (Psa. 7:1‑8:9)

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Psa. 11:7• ⁷For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. (Psa. 11:7)

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Psa. 17:3• ³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. (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• ²³The 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 Sam. 26:23)

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

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Heb. with.

I kept.

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

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Matt. 18:8‑9• ⁸Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell 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.

JND Translation Notes

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