King James Version

Psalms 18:25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:26.

עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).חָסִ֥ידchasidsaintחָסִידadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “saint”, the ordinary formH2623properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.תִּתְחַסָּ֑דtitchasadshew self mercifulחָסַדverb, hithpael, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “shew self merciful”, an unfinished actionH2616properly, perhaps to bow (the neck only in courtesy to an equal), i.e. to be kind; also (by euphemistically, but rarely) to reproveshew self merciful, put to shame.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).גְּבַ֥רgevarmanגְּבַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH1399a personman.תָּ֝מִ֗יםtamimwithout blemishתָּמִיםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “without blemish”, the ordinary formH8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truthwithout blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.תִּתַּמָּֽםtitamamaccomplishתָּמַםverb, hithpael, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “accomplish”, an unfinished actionH8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveaccomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-26) With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

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American Standard Version (1901)

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

Young’s Literal Translation

With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

World English Bible

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

Darby Translation

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-26) With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μετὰ ὁσίου ὁσιωθήσῃ, καὶ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθώου ἀθῶος ἔσῃ·