25 sWith the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;

With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;

And twith the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

27 For You will save the humble people,

But will bring down uhaughty looks.

28 vFor You will light my lamp;

The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by You I can 7run against a troop,

By my God I can leap over a wall.

30 As for God, wHis way is perfect;

xThe word of the Lord is 8proven;

He is a shield yto all who trust in Him.

31 zFor who is God, except the Lord?

And who is a rock, except our God?

32 It is God who aarms me with strength,

And makes my way perfect.

33 bHe makes my feet like the feet of deer,

And csets me on my high places.

34 dHe teaches my hands to make war,

So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;

Your right hand has held me up,

Your gentleness has made me great.

36 You enlarged my path under me,

eSo my feet did not slip.

37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;

Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

38 I have wounded them,

So that they could not rise;

They have fallen under my feet.

39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;

You have 9subdued under me those who rose up against me.

40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,

So that I destroyed those who hated me.

41 They cried out, but there was none to save;

fEven to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;

I gcast them out like dirt in the streets.

43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people;

hYou have made me the head of the 1nations;

iA people I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me they obey me;

The foreigners 2submit to me.

45 jThe foreigners fade away,

And come frightened from their hideouts.

46 The Lord lives!

Blessed be my Rock!

Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God who avenges me,

kAnd subdues the peoples under me;

48 He delivers me from my enemies.

lYou also lift me up above those who rise against me;

You have delivered me from the violent man.

49 mTherefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the 3Gentiles,

And sing praises to Your name.

50 nGreat deliverance He gives to His king,

And shows mercy to His anointed,

To David and his 4descendants forevermore.