What does Psalm 18:23 mean?

Psalm 18:23 highlights themes such as righteousness, integrity, self-examination when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 18:23 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

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Proverbs 11:5
Both verses emphasize the connection between righteousness and the path of the upright.
Galatians 6:7
This verse warns that one reaps what they sow, similar to the recompense in Psalm 18:23.
1 John 1:9
This verse encourages confession of sin, contrasting the self-righteousness in Psalm 18:23.