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2 Samuel 22:26–30

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or loyal
  2. 2Lit complete; or having integrity
  3. 1Lit twisted
  4. 1Or crush a troop

Cross references

  1. aMatt 5:7
  2. aMatt 5:8; 1 John 3:3
  3. bLev 26:23, 24; Rom 1:28
  4. aEx 3:7, 8; Ps 72:12, 13
  5. bIs 2:11, 12, 17; 5:15
  6. a2 Sam 21:17; 1 Kin 11:36; Ps 27:1
  7. a2 Sam 5:6–8

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

For you are my lamp, O Lord,

and my God lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run against a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

You, Lord, are my lamp;

the Lord turns my darkness into light.

With your help I can advance against a troop;

with my God I can scale a wall.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

Lord, you are my lamp;

the Lord illuminates my darkness.

With you I can attack a barricade,

and with my God I can leap over a wall.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

O Lord, you are my lamp.

The Lord lights up my darkness.

In your strength I can crush an army;

with my God I can scale any wall.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

For you, O Yahweh are my lamp,

and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run a raid;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

For thou art my lamp, O Lord:

And the Lord will lighten my darkness.

For by thee I have run through a troop:

By my God have I leaped over a wall.

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