Psalms 18:17-31

¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemies who hated me; they were very strong, with the result that I could not defeat them.

¹⁸When I ◄was distressed/had troubles►, they attacked me, but Yahweh defended/protected me.

¹⁹He led me to a place where I was safe; he rescued me because he was pleased with me.

²⁰Yahweh has rewarded me because I do what is right; he has blessed me because I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►.

²¹I have obeyed Yahweh's laws; I have not abandoned him.

²²My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them.

²³He knows that I have not done what is wrong; I have kept myself from sinning.

²⁴So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I SYN have not committed sins.

²⁵Yahweh, you are faithful to those who faithfully do what you tell them to do; you always do what is good/right to those who do what you want them to do.

²⁶You are kind to those who are kind to others, but you act wisely toward those who ◄act perversely/do bad things►.

²⁷You save those who are humble, but you cause those who are proud to be humiliated/ashamed.

²⁸You give light to my soul/spirit; you take away the darkness of my soul.

²⁹You enable me to be strong, with the result that I can run and attack a line of enemy soldiers; with your help I can ◄scale/climb up► the walls that surround my enemies' cities.

³⁰Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. He is like a shield MET to protect all those who go to him for refuge.

³¹Yahweh is RHQ the only one who is God; only he is like an overhanging rock under which we can be safe.