Psalms 18:12-28

¹²Hailstones and coals of fire fell from the lightning before him.

¹³Yahweh thundered in the heavens! The voice of the Most High shouted.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; many lightning bolts dispersed them.

¹⁵Then the water channels appeared; the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.

¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

¹⁸They came against me on the day of my distress but Yahweh was my support!

¹⁹He set me free in a wide open place; he saved me because he was pleased with me.

²⁰Yahweh has rewarded me because of my righteousness; he has restored me because my hands were clean.

²¹For I have kept the ways of Yahweh and have not wickedly turned away from my God.

²²For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them.

²³I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin.

²⁴Therefore Yahweh has restored me because of my righteousness, because my hands were clean before his eyes.

²⁵To anyone who is faithful, you show yourself to be faithful; to a man who is blameless, you show yourself to be blameless.

²⁶To anyone who is pure, you show yourself pure; but you are clever toward anyone who is twisted.

²⁷For you save afflicted people, but you bring down those with proud, uplifted eyes!

²⁸For you give light to my lamp; Yahweh my God lights up my darkness.