So the Lord will give me my reward! Why? Because I did what is right! The way he sees it, I did nothing wrong, so he will do good things for me.
2 Samuel 22:21 - Easy To Read Version The Lord will give me my reward
Because I did what is right,
I did nothing wrong,
so he will do good things for me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord rewarded me according to my uprightness with Him; He compensated and benefited me according to the cleanness of my hands. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. Common English Bible The LORD rewarded me for my righteousness; he restored me because my hands are clean, Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord will reward me according to my justice. And he will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me. |
So the Lord will give me my reward! Why? Because I did what is right! The way he sees it, I did nothing wrong, so he will do good things for me.
Solomon answered, “You were very kind to your servant, my father David. He followed you. He was good and lived right. And you showed the greatest kindness to him when you allowed his son to rule on his throne {after him}.
Then listen in heaven and judge the man. If the person is guilty, then please show us that he is guilty. And if the person is innocent, then please show us that he is not guilty.
But good people continue to live right.\par Innocent people will become stronger.\par
The Lord’s teachings warn his servant.\par Good things come from obeying them.\par
People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par
and judge the people.\par Lord, judge me.\par Prove that I am right.\par Prove that I am innocent.\par
So, my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Don’t let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. You know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.
Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.
The Lord pays every man for the things he does—he rewards him if he does right, and he punishes him if he does wrong. The Lord let me defeat you today, but I wouldn’t hurt the Lord’s chosen king.