Psalms 18:16-36

¹⁶He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁸They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

¹⁹He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

²⁰Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

²¹For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

²³I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁴Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

²⁶With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

²⁷For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

²⁸For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

²⁹For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

³¹For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

³²The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?

³³He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: And setteth me upon my high places.

³⁴He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

³⁵Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

³⁶Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.