Psalms 18:22
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalms 18:22 in other translations
| BSB | For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. |
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| WEB | For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me. |
| ASV | For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. |
| YLT | For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me. |
| DARBY | For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me; |
| BBE | For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. |
| Webster | For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. |
What does Psalms 18:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:20-24
20-24. The statements of innocence, righteousness, &c., refer, doubtless, to his personal and official conduct and his purposes, during all the trials to which he was subjected in Saul's persecutions and Absalom's rebellions, as well as the various wars in which he had been engaged as the head and defender of God's Church and people.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:20-28
Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked departure from our God. David kept his eye upon the rule of God's commands. Constant care to keep from that sin, whatever it be, which most easily besets us, proves that we are upright before God. Those who show mercy to others, even they need mercy. Those who are faithful…
Psalms 18:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 18:22
- Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
- Psalms 119:112
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
- Psalms 119:117
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
- Psalms 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
- John 5:14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
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Context
- Psalms 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
- Psalms 18:22
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
- Psalms 18:23
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 18:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues todos sus juicios estuvieron delante de mí, y no eché de mí sus estatutos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car j’ai gardé les voies de l’ Éternel, et je ne me suis point méchamment détourné de mon Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn alle seine Rechte waren vor mir, und seine Satzungen, ich entfernte sie nicht von mir. |