“With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.”
The statement that with the pure God shows Himself pure and with the devious God shows Himself shrewd establishes that divine response adapts to human character. The pure finding purity suggests that integrity meets with divine integrity. The devious encountering God's shrewdness suggests that those attempting deception face divine cunning. This verse suggests that God meets humans at the level of their character.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:26
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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