2 Samuel 22:26–48
26 With mthe merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
And with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
And with the froward thou wilt ||shew thyself unsavoury.
28 And the nafflicted people thou wilt save:
But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29 For thou art my ||lamp, O Lord:
And the Lord will lighten my darkness.
30 For by thee I have ||run through a troop:
By my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for God, his way is perfect;
oThe word of the Lord is ||tried:
He is pa buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 For qwho is God, save the Lord?
And who is a rock, save our God?
33 God is my rstrength and power:
And he †maketh my way sperfect.
34 He †maketh my feet tlike hinds’ feet:
And setteth me uupon my high places.
35 xHe teacheth my hands †to war;
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
And thy gentleness hath †made me great.
37 Thou hast enlarged ymy steps under me;
So that my †feet did not slip.
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;
And turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:
Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast zgirded me with strength to battle:
aThem that rose up against me hast thou †subdued under me.
41 Thou hast also given me the bnecks of mine enemies,
That I might destroy them that hate me.
42 cThey looked, but there was none to save;
Even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43 Then ddid I beat them as small eas the dust of the earth,
I did stamp them fas the mire of the street, and gdid spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me hfrom the strivings of my people,
iThou hast kept me to be head of the heathen:
A jpeople which I knew not shall serve me.
45 †Strangers shall ||submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
And they kshall be afraid lout of their close places.
47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of the mrock of my salvation.
48 It is God that †avengeth me,
And that nbringeth down the people under me,