Psalm 18:16-34

New King James Version

^16 (A)He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me,
For they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
^19 (B)He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

^20 (C)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
²¹ For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
²³ I was also blameless ^[a]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
^24 (D)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

^25 (E)With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
²⁶ With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And ^(F)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
²⁷ For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down ^(G)haughty looks.

^28 (H)For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
²⁹ For by You I can ^[b]run against a troop,
By my God I can leap over a wall.
³⁰ As for God, ^(I)His way is perfect;
^(J)The word of the Lord is ^[c]proven;
He is a shield ^(K)to all who trust in Him.

^31 (L)For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
³² It is God who ^(M)arms me with strength,
And makes my way perfect.
^33 (N)He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And ^(O)sets me on my high places.
^34 (P)He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.