The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me — David claims that God has rewarded him according to his righteousness (*tzidkati*—my righteous deeds) and the purity of his hands (*tohar* *yadai*—cleanness of my hands). This claim of moral rectitude is theologically complex: David is not claiming sinlessness but rather that his fundamental orientation is toward God and justice.

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