King James Version
Psalms 18:23 in the King James Version says “I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. with” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. with”
Psalms 18:23 · KJV
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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. before: Heb. with
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. in: Heb. before his eyes
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“I was also upright”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“before him and I kept”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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