Psalm 18:17-27

English Standard Version

¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were ^(A)too mighty for me.
¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹He brought me out into ^(B)a broad place;
    he rescued me, because he ^(C)delighted in me.

²⁰The Lord dealt with me ^(D)according to my righteousness;
    according to ^(E)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
²¹For I have ^(F)kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²²For ^(G)all his rules^[a] were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³I was ^(H)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 ^(I)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(J)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷For you save ^(K)a humble people,
    but ^(L)the haughty eyes you bring down.