2 Samuel 22:21–40

²¹“^aThe Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;

^bAccording to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

²²“^aFor I have kept the ways of the Lord,

And have not acted wickedly against my God.

²³“^aFor all His ordinances were before me,

And as for His statutes, I did not depart from ¹them.

²⁴“^aI was also ¹blameless toward Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁵“^aTherefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to my cleanness before His eyes.

²⁶“^aWith the ¹kind You show Yourself kind,

With the ²blameless You show Yourself blameless;

^27aWith the pure You show Yourself pure,

^bAnd with the perverted You show Yourself ¹astute.

²⁸“^aAnd You save an afflicted people;

^bBut Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

²⁹“^aFor You are my lamp, O Lord;

And the Lord illumines my darkness.

³⁰“^aFor by You I can ¹run upon a troop;

By my God I can leap over a wall.

³¹“^aAs for God, His way is ¹blameless;

^bThe word of the Lord is tested;

^cHe is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

³²“^aFor who is God, besides the Lord?

^bAnd who is a rock, besides our God?

³³“^aGod is my strong fortress;

And He ¹sets the ²blameless in ³His way.

³⁴“^aHe makes ¹my feet like hinds’ feet,

^bAnd sets me on my high places.

³⁵“^aHe trains my hands for battle,

^bSo that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶“You have also given me ^athe shield of Your salvation,

And Your ¹help makes me great.

³⁷“^aYou enlarge my steps under me,

And my ¹feet have not slipped.

³⁸“I pursued my enemies and ^adestroyed them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁹“And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;

And ^athey fell under my feet.

⁴⁰“For You have girded me with strength for battle;

You have ¹subdued under me ^athose who rose up against me.