2 Samuel 22:24

upright Or perfect, as in 2 Samuel 22:31; 2 Samuel 22:33. It expresses the sincerity of undivided devotion. As a sacrificial term it signifies without blemish, and so the Sept. renders it here ἄμωμος, for which cp. Ephesians 1:4; Colossians 1:22, &c.

have kept myself from mine iniquity I have watched over myself that I might not transgress. Some see further in the words the recognition of an inherent tendency to sin, or an allusion to some special temptation, but the simple explanation is best.