2 Samuel 22:21
Good News Translation
The LORD rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

Contemporary English Version
You are good to me, LORD, because I do right, and you reward me because I am innocent.

New American Bible
The LORD acknowledged my righteousness; rewarded my clean hands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

rewarded

2 Samuel 22:25 And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.

1 Samuel 26:23 And the Lord will reward every one according to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath delivered thee this day into my hand, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.

1 Kings 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven: and do and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, and bringing his way upon his own head, and justifying the just, and rewarding him according to his justice.

Psalm 7:3,4,8 O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: . . .

Psalm 18:20-25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands: . . .

Psalm 19:11 For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is a great reward.

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

cleanness

Job 17:9 And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Psalm 24:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
20And he brought me forth into a large place, he delivered me, because I pleased him. 21The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.22Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:23
And the Lord will reward every one according to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath delivered thee this day into my hand, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.

2 Samuel 22:25
And the Lord will recompense me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes.

1 Kings 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven: and do and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, and bringing his way upon his own head, and justifying the just, and rewarding him according to his justice.

Psalm 24:4
The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Proverbs 11:31
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.

2 Samuel 22:20
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