Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. Having set forth the particulars of his righteousness (Psalms 18:21-23), the psalmist returns to his previous general statement (Psalms 18:20), and emphatically reaffirms it.
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Psalms 18:24
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