Psalm 18:16-36

Complete Jewish Bible

^17 (16) “He sent from on high, he took me
and pulled me out of deep water;
^18 (17) he rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from those who hated me,
for they were stronger than I.
^19 (18) They came against me on my day of disaster,
but Adonai was my support.
^20 (19) He brought me out to an open place;
he rescued me, because he took pleasure in me.
^21 (20) Adonai rewarded me for my uprightness,
he repaid me because my hands were clean.

^22 (21) “For I have kept the ways of Adonai,
I have not done evil by leaving my God;
^23 (22) for all his rulings were before me,
I did not distance his regulations from me.
^24 (23) I was pure-hearted with him
and kept myself from my sin.

^25 (24) “Hence Adonai repaid me for my uprightness,
according to the purity of my hands in his view.
^26 (25) With the merciful, you are merciful;
with a man who is sincere, you are sincere;
^27 (26) with the pure, you are pure;
but with the crooked you are cunning.
^28 (27) People afflicted, you save;
but haughty eyes, you humble.
^29 (28) “For you, Adonai, light my lamp;
Adonai, my God, lights up my darkness.
^30 (29) With you I can run through a whole troop of men,
with my God I can leap a wall.

^31 (30) “As for God, his way is perfect,
the word of Adonai has been tested by fire;
he shields all who take refuge in him.

^32 (31) “For who is God but Adonai?
Who is a Rock but our God?

^33 (32) “It is God who girds me with strength;
he makes my way go straight.
^34 (33) He makes me swift, sure-footed as a deer,
and enables me to stand on my high places.
^35 (34) He trains my hands for war
until my arms can bend a bow of bronze;

^36 (35) “You give me your shield, which is salvation,
your right hand holds me up,
your humility makes me great.