Psalms 18:22-39

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.

³¹(18:32) For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock beside our God?

³²(18:33) He is the God that girdeth me with strength, and rendereth my way unobstructed.

³³(18:34) He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high-places he causeth me to stand.

³⁴(18:35) He teacheth my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.

³⁵(18:36) And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me: and thy meekness hath made me great.

³⁶(18:37) Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.

³⁷(18:38) I pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I return not again till I have made an end of them.

³⁸(18:39) I crush them that they are not able to rise: they fall under my feet.

³⁹(18:40) For thou hast girded me with strength for the war: thou subduest my opponents under me.