John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord ,.... Not those which the Lord himself walks in, his ways of providence, or of grace; though these are and should be taken notice of and observed by good men, as the word F25 שמרתי "observaveram", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "observo", Junius & Tremellius; "observavi", Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth. used will bear to be rendered; but the ways which he has prescribed and directed men to walk in, the ways of his commandments, in which they... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 18:20-28
Here, I. David reflects with comfort upon his own integrity, and rejoices in the testimony of his conscience that he had had his conversation in godly sincerity and not with fleshly wisdom, 2 Cor. 1:12. His deliverances were an evidence of this, and this was the great comfort of his deliverances. His enemies had misrepresented him, and perhaps, when his troubles continued long, he began to suspect himself; but, when God visibly took his part, he had both the credit and the comfort of his... read more