Psalm 18:22–23
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18:22For I am aware of all his regulations,62
and I do not reject his rules.63
18:23I was innocent before him,
and kept myself from sinning.64
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- 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.
- 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).
- 64 Heb “from my sin,” that is, from making it my own in any way. Kept myself from sinning. Leading a blameless life meant that the king would be loyal to God’s covenant, purge the government and society of evil and unjust officials, and reward loyalty to the Lord (see Ps 101).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For all his rules were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me
and have not disregarded his statutes.
I was blameless toward him
and kept myself from my iniquity.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I have followed all his regulations;
I have never abandoned his decrees.
I am blameless before God;
I have kept myself from sin.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
because all his ordinances are before me,
and his statutes I have not removed from me,
and I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For all his judgments were before me,
And I did not put away his statutes from me.
I was also upright before him,
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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