2 Samuel 22:21–40

²¹Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

²²For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,

And have not wickedly departed from my God.

²³For all his ordinances were before me;

And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

²⁴I was also perfect toward him;

And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁵Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

²⁶With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;

With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

²⁷With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;

And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

²⁸And the afflicted people thou wilt save;

But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

²⁹For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah;

And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

³⁰For by thee I run upon a troop;

By my God do I leap over a wall.

³¹As for God, his way is perfect:

The word of Jehovah is tried;

He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

³²For who is God, save Jehovah?

And who is a rock, save our God?

³³God is my strong fortress;

And he guideth the perfect in his way.

³⁴He maketh his feet like hinds’ feet,

And setteth me upon my high places.

³⁵He teacheth my hands to war,

So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

³⁶Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;

And thy gentleness hath made me great.

³⁷Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;

And my feet have not slipped.

³⁸I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;

Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

³⁹And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise:

Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

⁴⁰For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;

Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.