2 Samuel 22:21–40

²¹Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

²²For I have kept the ways of Yahweh;

I have not acted wickedly against my God.

²³For all of his ordinances were before me,

and I did not turn aside from his statutes.

²⁴I was blameless before him,

and I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁵Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness before his eyes.

²⁶With the loyal, you act as loyal,

and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.

²⁷With the pure, you show yourself pure,

but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.

²⁸Humble people you will deliver,

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

²⁹For you, O Yahweh are my lamp,

and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

³⁰For by you I can run a raid;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

³¹This God, his way is blameless;

the promise of Yahweh is flawless.

He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

³²For who is God apart from Yahweh?

And who is a rock apart from our God?

³³God is my strong refuge,

he has fully opened my way.^g

³⁴He makes my feet^h like a doe deer,

and on my high places he has set me.

³⁵He trains my hands for the war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶You have given me the shield of your salvation;

your willingness to help has made me great.

³⁷You have broadened my steps beneath me;

my ankles have not wobbled.

³⁸I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them.

I did not turn back until finishing them.

³⁹I wiped them out and I smashed them;

they did not get up; they fell under my feet.

⁴⁰You have girded me with physical strength for the battle;

you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.