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Psalm 18:22

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18:22For I am aware of all his regulations,62

and I do not reject his rules.63

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Footnotes

  1. 62 Heb “for all his regulations [are] before me.” The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “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. 63 Heb “and his rules I do not turn aside from me.” 2 Sam 22:23 reads, “and his rules, I do not turn aside from it.” The prefixed verbal form is probably an imperfect; the psalmist 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 his statutes I did not put away from me.

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

because all his ordinances are before me,

and his statutes I have not removed from me,

KJV 1900King James Version

For all his judgments were before me,

And I did not put away his statutes from me.