2-Samuel 22:26 - With the merciful you will show

2-Samuel - 22:26

26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.

With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, With the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,

With the holy one, you will be holy, and with the strong one, you will be perfect.

*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. See Gill on Psalm 18:25.

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