²⁰ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
    according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.^(A)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.^(B)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.^(C)
23 I was blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from guilt.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.^(D)

²⁵ With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
    with the blameless you show yourself blameless;^(E)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
    and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.^(F)

⁹ O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
    O righteous God.^(B)