“"Because I have kept the ways of the Lord" [Psalm 18:21]. That the breadth of good works, that are by faith, and the long-suffering of perseverance should follow after.”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 18
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21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
— Psalms 18:21 —
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.