26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

27 to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

28 You save the humble,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

26 “With the merciful you show yourself merciful;

with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

27 with the purified you deal purely,

and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

28 You save a humble people,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,

And with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;

And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save:

But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful;

to those with integrity you show integrity.

27 To the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

28 You rescue the humble,

but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.

26 “With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;

With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

27 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;

And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

28 You will save the humble people;

But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.

26 “Lord, you are loyal to those who are loyal,

and you are good to those who are good.

27 You are pure to those who are pure,

but you are against those who are evil.

28 You save the humble,

but you bring down those who are proud.

26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;

With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;

And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save;

But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

26 With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright; 27 With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary. 28 And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down.

26 ⸤In dealing⸥ with faithful people you are faithful, 

with innocent warriors you are innocent, 

27 with pure people you are pure. 

⸤In dealing⸥ with devious people you are clever. 

28 You save humble people, 

but your eyes bring down arrogant people. 

26 With the faithful

You prove Yourself faithful;

with the blameless man

You prove Yourself blameless;

27 with the pure

You prove Yourself pure,

but with the crooked

You prove Yourself shrewd.

28 You rescue an afflicted people,

but Your eyes are set against the proud—

You humble them.

26 With the loyal, you act as loyal,

and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.

27 With the pure, you show yourself pure,

but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.

28 Humble people you will deliver,

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

26 “Lord, to those who are faithful you show that you are faithful.

To those who are without blame you show that you are without blame.

27 To those who are pure you show that you are pure.

But to those whose paths are crooked you show that you are clever.

28 You save those who aren’t proud.

But you watch the proud to bring them down.

26 “With the kind You show Yourself kind,

With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

27 With the pure You show Yourself pure,

And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

28 “And You save an afflicted people;

But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.