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2 Samuel 22:25

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Samuel 22:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
2 Samuel 22:25 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Samuel 22

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
26With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
27With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
28And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.] (See Gill on “<191824>Psalm 18:24”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“recompensed: Sa2 22:21; Isa 3:10; Rom 2:7, Rom 2:8; Co2 5:10 in his eye sight: Heb. before his eyes, Pro 5:21 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 22:26”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“25 Thus Jehovah repaid me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. 26 Towards the pious Thou showest thyself pious, Towards the perfectly innocent Thou showest thyself innocent. 27 Towards the genuine Thou showest thyself genuine, And towards the perverse Thou showest thyself crooked. 28 And afflicted people Thou helpest, And Thine eyes are against the haughty; them Thou humblest. The motive for deliverance, which was expounded in Sa2 22:21-24, is summed up briefly in Sa2 22:25; and then in Sa2 22:26 and Sa2 22:27 it is carried back to the general truth, that the conduct of God towards men is regulated according to the conduct of men towards God. The vav…”
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