“I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.”
The statement that the speaker was blameless toward God and guarded himself against iniquity establishes careful moral vigilance. The blamelessness suggests that examination reveals no culpability. The guarding suggests active resistance to temptation and sin. This verse emphasizes that righteousness requires constant discipline.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:23
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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