Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 18:20
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Psalms18:20
20. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness ; according to the clanness of my hands o hath he recompensed me.
As I had a just Cause, and made it my Care and Business to deal righteously with God and with Saul and all others, so God (who hath engaged himself by his Promise, to succour and reward them that are such) was graciously pleased to own me, and to plead my Cause against my unrighteous Enemies. And Because I would not deliver my self from my Straits and Miseries, by unrigteous means, namely, by killing Saul, as I was advised to do: God was pleased to deliver me in a more honourable and effectual manner.
n (i. e.) The innocency of my Actions, and carriage towards Saul, from whose Blood I kept my hands pure.
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