Psalms 18:20 (GNV)

Passage

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:

Nearby Context

Psalms 18:18 They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.

Psalms 18:19 Hee brought mee foorth also into a large place: hee deliuered mee because hee fauoured me.

Psalms 18:20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:

Psalms 18:21 Because I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.

Psalms 18:22 For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his commandements from mee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "rewarded", "righteousnes", "purenes", "mine", "hands", and "recompensed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "rewarded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Hee brought mee foorth also into a..." into verse 21's "Because I kept the wayes of the...", so "lord" and "rewarded" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

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