Psalms 18:17-30

¹⁷(18:18) He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, and from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.

¹⁸(18:19) They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay.

¹⁹(18:20) And he brought me forth into a large space; he delivered me, because he had delight in me.

²⁰(18:21) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

²¹(18:22) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²(18:23) For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.

²³(18:24) I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.

²⁴(18:25) Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

²⁵(18:26) With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

²⁶(18:27) With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.

²⁷(18:28) For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

²⁸(18:29) For thou wilt cause my light to shine: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

²⁹(18:30) For aided by thee I run through a troop; and helped by my God I leap over a wall.

³⁰(18:31) As for God,—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those that trust in him.