“For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.”
The statement that the speaker has kept the ways of God and has not wickedly departed from His God establishes steady commitment to faithfulness. The keeping of ways suggests devotion to God's prescribed path. The refusal to depart from God suggests resistance to temptation and apostasy. This verse emphasizes that the speaker's righteousness includes loyalty to covenant.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:21
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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