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Psalms 18:21

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 18:21 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms 18:21 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 18

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
19He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“For I have kept the ways of the Lord - I have obeyed his laws. I have not so violated the laws which God has given to regulate my conduct with my fellow-men as to deserve to be treated by them as a guilty man. And have not wickedly departed from my God - “I have not been a sinner from my God;” an apostate; an open violator of his law. The treatment which I have received, though it would be justly rendered to an open violator of law, is not that which I have merited from the hand of man. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“18:21 kept the ways of the Lord: The psalmist faithfully obeys God’s instructions (see 25:8-10). • not turned . . . to follow evil: The psalmist rejects the way of folly (see Pss 1 and 14) and chooses the way of wisdom (see Pss 1 and 15).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“For I: Psa 17:4, Psa 26:1, Psa 119:10, Psa 119:11; Act 24:16; Th1 2:10 have not: Psa 119:102; Sa1 15:11; Jo1 2:19 Psalms 18:22”
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