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24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. …
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-28)Here, I. David reflects with comfort upon his own integrity, and rejoices in the testimony of his conscience that he had had his conversation in godly sincerity and not with fleshly wisdom, 2 Cor. 1:12. His deliverances were an evidence of this, and this was the great comfort of his deliverances. His enemies had misrepresented him, and perhaps, when his troubles continued long, he began to suspect…
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