“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.”
The affirmation that God has rewarded the speaker according to his righteousness and his clean hands establishes that divine favor rewards morally upright conduct. The mention of righteousness suggests that the speaker has maintained moral integrity. The clean hands imagery suggests freedom from culpability and innocent conduct. This verse suggests that the speaker's morality justifies divine deliverance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:20
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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