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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With the pure
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
thou wilt show thyself pure
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
; and with the froward
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
a thou wilt ζshow thyself froward
pathal (Hebrew #6617)
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
KJV usage: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Pronounce: paw-thal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 3:34• 34He indeed scorneth the scorners;{HR}But he giveth grace to the lowly. (Prov. 3:34)
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or, wrestle.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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froward.
Psa. 109:17‑19• 17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
 18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones.
 19Let it be to him as raiment he weareth,{HR}And for a belt let him continually be girded. (Psa. 109:17‑19)
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Lev. 26:23‑24,27‑28• 23And if ye will not be disciplined by me through these, but walk contrary to me,
 24then will I also walk contrary to you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.
 27And if for all this ye hearken not to me, but walk contrary to me,
 28then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you sevenfold for your sins. (Lev. 26:23‑24,27‑28)
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Prov. 3:34• 34He indeed scorneth the scorners;{HR}But he giveth grace to the lowly. (Prov. 3:34)
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Rom. 2:4‑6,9• 4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment,
 6who shall render to each according to his works:
 9tribulation and anguish on every soul of man that worketh out evil, both of Jew first and of Greek; (Rom. 2:4‑6,9)
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James 2:13• 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
shew thyself froward.
or, wrestle.
• This shows that the blessings of the psalm are not the answer to atonement, but the reward of piety. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

W. Kelly Translation

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aWith the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, contrary.