2 Samuel 22:21–40

²¹“The Lord ^cdealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the ^dcleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

^22eFor I have kept the ways of the Lord

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

^23fFor all his rules were before me,

and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

²⁴I was ^gblameless before him,

and I kept myself from guilt.

^25dAnd the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in his sight.

^26h“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;

with the ^gblameless man you show yourself blameless;

²⁷with the purified you deal purely,

and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

²⁸ⁱYou save a humble people,

^jbut your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

^29kFor you are my lamp, O Lord,

and my God lightens my darkness.

³⁰For by you I can run against a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

³¹This God—^lhis way is perfect;

the ^mword of the Lord proves true;

he is ⁿa shield for all those who take refuge in him.

³²“For who is God, but the Lord?

^oAnd who is a rock, except our God?

³³This God is my ^pstrong refuge

and has made my⁴ way blameless.⁵

^34qHe made my feet like the feet of a deer

and set me secure ^ron the heights.

^35sHe trains my hands for war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶You have given me the shield of your salvation,

and your gentleness made me great.

^37tYou gave a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet⁶ did not slip;

³⁸I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,

and did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁹I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;

they fell ^uunder my feet.

⁴⁰For you equipped me with strength for the battle;

you made ^vthose who rise against me sink under me.