Psalm 18:21-33

English Standard Version

²¹For I have ^(A)kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²²For ^(B)all his rules^[a] were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³I was ^(C)blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from my guilt.
²⁴So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵With ^(D)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(E)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷For you save ^(F)a humble people,
    but ^(G)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸For it is you who light my ^(H)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(I)leap over ^(J)a wall.
³⁰This God—his way is ^(K)perfect;^[b]
    the word of the Lord ^(L)proves true;
    he is ^(M)a shield for all those who ^(N)take refuge in him.

³¹For ^(O)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(P)a rock, except our God?—
³²the God who ^(Q)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(R)blameless.
³³He made my feet like the feet of a ^(S)deer
    and set me secure on ^(T)the heights.