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2 Samuel 22:23

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22:23For I am aware of all his regulations,60

and I do not reject his rules.61

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Footnotes

  1. 60 Heb “for all his regulations are before me.” The term מִשְׁפָּטָו (mishpatav, “his regulations”) refers to God’s covenantal requirements, especially those which the king is responsible to follow (cf Deut 17:18–20). See also Pss 19:9 (cf vv. 7–8); 89:30; 147:20 (cf v. 19), as well as the numerous uses of the term in Ps 119.
  2. 61 Heb “and his rules, I do not turn aside from it.” Ps 18:22 reads, “and his rules I do not turn aside from me.” The prefixed verbal form is probably an imperfect; David here generalizes about his loyalty to God’s commands. The Lord’s “rules” are the stipulations of the covenant which the king was responsible to obey (see Ps 89:31; cf v. 30 and Deut 17:18–20).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For all his rules were before me,

and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me

and have not disregarded his statutes.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have followed all his regulations;

I have never abandoned his decrees.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For all of his ordinances were before me,

and I did not turn aside from his statutes.

KJV 1900King James Version

For all his judgments were before me:

And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.