2 Samuel 22:21–40

²¹“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

²²For I have kept the ways of the Lord,

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²³For all his ordinances were before me,

and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

²⁴I was blameless before him,

and I kept myself from guilt.

²⁵Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in his sight.

²⁶“With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal;

with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless;

²⁷with the pure thou dost show thyself pure,

and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.

²⁸Thou dost deliver a humble people,

but thy eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

²⁹Yea, thou art my lamp, O Lord,

and my God lightens my darkness.

³⁰Yea, by thee I can crush a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

³¹This God—his way is perfect;

the promise of the Lord proves true;

he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

³²“For who is God, but the Lord?

And who is a rock, except our God?

³³This God is my strong refuge,

and has made my way safe.

³⁴He made my feet like hinds’ feet,

and set me secure on the heights.

³⁵He trains my hands for war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁶Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation,

and thy help made me great.

³⁷Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not slip;

³⁸I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,

and did not turn back until they were consumed.

³⁹I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;

they fell under my feet.

⁴⁰For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle;

thou didst make my assailants sink under me.