Psalms 18:24 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

Nearby Context

Psalms 18:22 For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

Psalms 18:23 I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psalms 18:24 Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

Psalms 18:25 With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Psalms 18:26 With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "yahweh", "recompensed", "righteousness", "cleanness", "hands", "before", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "I was also blameless with Him And..." into verse 25's "With the kind You show Yourself kind...", so "therefore" and "yahweh" 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 "therefore" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.