O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
- KJV O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- BSB O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- NASB ¶O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- NLT O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
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Quick answer
David appeals to God's knowledge, declaring his innocence of the charges against him. He submits his case to the searching judgment of God.
Overview
David begins a solemn oath, inviting God to examine whether he is guilty of the wrong of which he is accused. This is not a claim of sinless perfection but of innocence in this specific matter. Such willingness to be searched by God reflects a conscience that walks in integrity and trusts the righteous Judge to vindicate the truth.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Sam 24:11Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
- Ps 59:3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
- 1 Sam 26:18–19He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- 2 Sam 16:7–8Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!
- Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- Josh 22:22“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),
- 1 Sam 22:13Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
- Ps 66:18If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
- 1 Sam 20:8Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
- Job 16:17–19Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- 1 Sam 24:9David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’
- 1 Sam 22:8that all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
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