The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:23 Explained

2 Samuel 22:23

KJV: For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

YLT: For all His judgments are before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.

Darby: For all his ordinances were before me, And his statutes, I did not depart from them,

ASV: For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For all his judgments  [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes,  I did not depart  from them. 

What does 2 Samuel 22:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:23 mean?

For all - His judgments [were] before me and [as for] His statutes not I did depart from them
כִּ֥י כָל־ [משפטו] (מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו) לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־ אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה

[משפטו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו)  His  judgments  [were] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
לְנֶגְדִּ֑י  before  me 
Parse: Preposition-l, first person common singular
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו  and  [as  for]  His  statutes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
אָס֥וּר  I  did  depart 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מִמֶּֽנָּה  from  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.