2 Samuel 22:24 (DBY)

Passage

And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:22 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Samuel 22:23 For all his ordinances were before me, And his statutes, I did not depart from them,

2 Samuel 22:24 And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.

2 Samuel 22:25 And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his sight.

2 Samuel 22:26 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "upright", "before", "kept", "myself", "mine", and "iniquity". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "upright" and "before", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "For all his ordinances were before me..." into verse 25's "And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to...", so "upright" and "before" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "upright" and "before" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.