Psalms 18:20-43

²⁰The LORD hath rewarded me according to my righteous; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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

²²For all his laws were in my sight; I did not put away his statutes from me.

²³I was upright before him, And kept myself from iniquity.

²⁴Therefore hath the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

²⁵To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;

²⁶To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

²⁷For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.

²⁸Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.

²⁹For through thee I have broken through troops; Through my God I have leaped over walls.

³⁰The ways of God are just and true; His word is pure, tried in the fire; He is a shield to all who put their trust in him.

³¹Who, then, is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

³²It is God that girded me with strength, And made my way plain.

³³He made my feet like the hind's, And set me in my high places;

³⁴He taught my hands to war, So that my arm bent the bow of brass.

³⁵Thou gavest me the shield of thy protection; Thy right hand held me up, And thy goodness made me great.

³⁶Thou didst make a wide path for my steps, So that my feet did not stumble.

³⁷I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And turned not back till I had destroyed them.

³⁸I smote them, so that they could not rise; They fell under my feet.

³⁹Thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; Thou didst cast down my adversaries under me.

⁴⁰Thou didst cause my enemies to turn their backs, So that I destroyed them that hated me.

⁴¹They cried, but there was none to help; To Jehovah, but he answered them not.

⁴²I beat them small, like dust before the wind; I cast them out as the dirt of the streets.

⁴³Thou hast delivered me from the assaults of the nations; Thou hast made me the head of the kingdoms. Nations whom I knew not serve me;