Psalms 18:21-28

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.