2 Samuel 22:26–28

“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;

with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

with the purified you deal purely,

and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

You save a humble people,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

“To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

You save the humble,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

With the faithful

you prove yourself faithful,

with the blameless

you prove yourself blameless,

with the pure

you prove yourself pure,

but with the crooked

you prove yourself shrewd.

You rescue an oppressed people,

but your eyes are set against the proud—

you humble them.

“To the faithful you show yourself faithful;

to those with integrity you show integrity.

To the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

You rescue the humble,

but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.

With the loyal, you act as loyal,

and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.

With the pure, you show yourself pure,

but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.

Humble people you will deliver,

but your eyes are on the haughty, whom you bring down.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,

And with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;

And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

And the afflicted people thou wilt save:

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