24 (A)I was also [a]blameless toward Him,
And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
25 (B)So the Lord has repaid me in accordance with my righteousness,
In accordance with my cleanliness before His eyes.
26 (C)With the one who is faithful You show Yourself faithful,
With the [b]blameless one You prove Yourself [c]blameless;
27 (D)With the one who is pure You show Yourself pure,
(E)But with the perverted You [d]show Yourself astute.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:24 Lit complete; or having integrity
  2. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity
  3. 2 Samuel 22:26 Lit complete; or having integrity
  4. 2 Samuel 22:27 As in two Heb mss and Ps 18:26; MT pretend stupidity

24 I have been blameless(A) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
25 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(B)
    according to my cleanness[a] in his sight.

26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
27 to the pure(C) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(D)

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:25 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) to the cleanness of my hands