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to those with integrity you show integrity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />With the faithful You show Yourself faithful; With the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />With the kind Thou dost show Thyself kind; With the blameless Thou dost show Thyself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />With the faithful you prove yourself faithful, with the blameless you prove yourself blameless,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are always loyal to your loyal people, and you are faithful to the faithful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[In dealing] with faithful people you are faithful, with innocent people you are innocent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you; completely good to those who are perfect. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />With the faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />With the kind You show Yourself kind, "" With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; and with the blameless man thou wilt be perfect.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 17:26>With the holy, you will be holy, and with the innocent, you will be innocent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Toward the faithful you are faithful; to the honest man you are honest; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />With the pure thou shalt be pure; with an upright man thou shalt be upright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />With the pure one, you will be pure, and with the perfect one, you will be perfect.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, With the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/18-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1670" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">The LORD is My Rock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">To</a> <a href="/hebrew/2623.htm" title="2623: ḥā·sîḏ (Adj-ms) -- Kind, pious. From chacad; properly, kind, i.e. pious.">the faithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/2616.htm" title="2616: tiṯ·ḥas·sāḏ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- To bow, to be kind, to reprove.">You show Yourself faithful,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1397.htm" title="1397: gə·ḇar (N-msc) -- Man. From gabar; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8549.htm" title="8549: tā·mîm (Adj-ms) -- Complete, sound. From tamam; entire; also integrity, truth.">the blameless</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: tit·tam·mām (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">You show Yourself blameless;</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></span><br />Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-13.htm">James 2:13</a></span><br />For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-36.htm">Luke 6:36</a></span><br />Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-26.htm">2 Samuel 22:26</a></span><br />To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-27.htm">Proverbs 11:27</a></span><br />He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm">Matthew 6:14-15</a></span><br />For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-32.htm">Ephesians 4:32</a></span><br />Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12-13</a></span><br />Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. / Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-8.htm">1 Peter 3:8-9</a></span><br />Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. / Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a></span><br />He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-33.htm">Matthew 18:33</a></span><br />Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-50.htm">Luke 1:50</a></span><br />His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-8.htm">Romans 12:8</a></span><br />if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;</p><p class="hdg">With the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/41-1.htm">Psalm 41:1-4</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed <i>is</i> he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/112-4.htm">Psalm 112:4-6</a></b></br> Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: <i>he is</i> gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></b></br> And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou <i>art</i> a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.</p><p class="hdg">thou wilt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Isaiah 26:7</a></b></br> The way of the just <i>is</i> uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm">Ezekiel 18:25-30</a></b></br> Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/9-14.htm">Romans 9:14</a></b></br> What shall we say then? <i>Is there</i> unrighteousness with God? God forbid.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/18-23.htm">Blameless</a> <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/psalms/9-13.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/job/24-21.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm">Loyal</a> <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/18-23.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Show</a> <a href="/job/10-16.htm">Showest</a> <a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/18-23.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/psalms/17-6.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/18-30.htm">Blameless</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/psalms/25-16.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Loyal</a> <a href="/psalms/26-11.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/psalms/18-35.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/18-30.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Show</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Showest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/19-8.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/psalms/18.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>With the merciful</b><br />The Hebrew word for "merciful" here is "חָסִיד" (chasid), which is often translated as "faithful" or "kind." This term is deeply rooted in the concept of "chesed," a covenantal love and loyalty that God shows to His people. In the context of <a href="/psalms/18.htm">Psalm 18</a>, David is acknowledging that God responds to individuals in a manner consistent with their own behavior. The merciful, those who show steadfast love and kindness, will experience God's mercy in return. This reflects a broader biblical principle that emphasizes the importance of embodying God's character in our interactions with others.<p><b>You show Yourself merciful</b><br />The phrase underscores the reciprocal nature of God's dealings with humanity. The verb "תִּתְחַסָּד" (tithassad) is a reflexive form, indicating that God actively reveals His mercy to those who are merciful. This is not merely a passive attribute of God but an active engagement with His creation. Historically, this reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God's faithfulness and mercy are contingent upon the people's adherence to His commandments. It serves as a reminder that God's character is consistent and that He desires His followers to reflect His mercy in their lives.<p><b>With the blameless man</b><br />The term "blameless" is translated from the Hebrew word "תָּמִים" (tamim), which conveys a sense of completeness, integrity, and moral uprightness. In the ancient Near Eastern context, being blameless was not about being sinless but about living a life of integrity and wholehearted devotion to God. This concept is echoed throughout the Psalms and the wisdom literature, where the blameless are often contrasted with the wicked. The blameless man is one who walks in accordance with God's laws and seeks to live a life that is pleasing to Him.<p><b>You show Yourself blameless</b><br />This phrase highlights God's perfect and unblemished nature. The verb form here suggests that God reveals His own blamelessness to those who strive to live with integrity. It is a divine assurance that God will deal with individuals in a manner that reflects their own pursuit of righteousness. This is consistent with the biblical theme that God rewards those who earnestly seek Him and live according to His statutes. It serves as an encouragement for believers to pursue a life of holiness, knowing that God Himself is the ultimate standard of blamelessness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25-27) It is better to change all the futures into our present. We cannot explain this description of God's attitude to man, as if the poet were merely dealing with the conception of the Divine formed in the breast. No doubt his words are amply true in this sense. The human heart makes its God like itself, and to the pure and just He will be a pure and just God, to the cruel and unjust, cruel and unjust. But the definite mention of recompense in <a href="/psalms/18-24.htm" title="Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.">Psalm 18:24</a>, and the reference to active interposition in behalf of the just in <a href="/psalms/18-27.htm" title="For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.">Psalm 18:27</a>, leave us no option but to understand by "shew thyself" in <a href="/context/psalms/18-25.htm" title="With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;">Psalm 18:25-26</a>, not an inward conception, but an external manifestation. It is, in fact, nothing more than a re-statement of the truth of which the history of Pharaoh is the most signal historic declaration, and which we maintain whenever we speak of the natural consequences of sin as retributive justice, the truth which is summed up in the text, "whatsoever a mau soweth that shall he also reap." We must at the same time remember that the form of the statement in the psalm is due to the view current in Israel before the development of the conception of Satanic agency, that all suggestions, evil as well as good, came from the mind of the Supreme Disposer of events.<p>(25) <span class= "bld">Man.</span>--The text of Samuel has "hero" (<span class= "ital">gebor </span>instead of <span class= "ital">gebar</span>)<span class= "ital">.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 25-28.</span> - A short didactic digression is here interposed, extending the principles on which God has dealt with David and his enemies, to mankind generally (vers. 25-27); after which a return is made to Go&'s special dealings with David (ver. 28). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful</span>. The main principle is that God will act towards men as they act towards him. If they are kindly, gracious, loving towards him - for this is what the word <span class="accented">chasid</span> means - he will be kindly, gracious, loving towards them, and <span class="accented">vice versa</span>, <span class="accented">as</span> explained in vers. 26, 27<span class="cmt_word">. With an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;</span> or, <span class="accented">a perfect man</span> (Revised Version). The word is the same as that used in <a href="/psalms/4-3.htm">Psalm 4:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Psalm 12:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/31-23.htm">Psalm 31:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/34-6.htm">Psalm 34:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a>, etc., and generally translated "godly," or, in the plural, "saints." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/18-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">To</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the faithful</span><br /><span class="heb">חָסִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·sîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2623.htm">Strong's 2623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kind, pious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You show Yourself faithful,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(tiṯ·ḥas·sāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2616.htm">Strong's 2616: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bow, to be kind, to reprove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blameless</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּ֝מִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(tā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8549.htm">Strong's 8549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Entire, integrity, truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You show Yourself blameless,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתַּמָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(tit·tam·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete or finished</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/18-25.htm">Psalm 18:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/18-25.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 18:25 With the merciful you will show yourself (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/18-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 18:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 18:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>