The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”
But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.”
So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it. May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you. As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you.
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day. And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
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