2 Samuel 22:27 (LSB)

Passage

With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:25 Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

2 Samuel 22:26 With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

2 Samuel 22:28 And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You bring down.

2 Samuel 22:29 For You are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh illumines my darkness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pure", "show", "yourself", "crooked", and "astute". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pure" and "show", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "With the kind You show Yourself kind..." into verse 28's "And You save an afflicted people But...", so "pure" and "show" 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 "pure" and "show" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.