²⁵ With ^(D)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶ with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(E)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷ For you save ^(F)a humble people,
    but ^(G)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸ For it is you who light my ^(H)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹ For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(I)leap over ^(J)a wall.
³⁰ This 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.

³¹ For ^(O)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(P)a rock, except our God?—
³² the God who ^(Q)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(R)blameless.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a ^(S)deer
    and set me secure on ^(T)the heights.
³⁴ He ^(U)trains my hands for war,
    so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation,
    and your right hand ^(V)supported me,
    and your ^(W)gentleness made me great.
³⁶ You ^(X)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.
³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
    and did not turn back till they were consumed.
³⁸ I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹ For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies ^(Y)turn their backs to me,^[c]
    and those who hated me I destroyed.
^41 (Z)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² I beat them fine as ^(AA)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like ^(AB)the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You delivered me from ^(AC)strife with the people;
    you made me ^(AD)the head of the nations;
    ^(AE)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    ^(AF)foreigners ^(AG)came cringing to me.
^45 (AH)Foreigners lost heart
    and ^(AI)came trembling out of their fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation—
⁴⁷ the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(AJ)subdued peoples under me,
⁴⁸ who rescued me from my enemies;
    yes, you ^(AK)exalted me above those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(AL)the man of violence.

^49 (AM)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and ^(AN)sing to your name.
⁵⁰ Great ^(AO)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his ^(AP)anointed,
    to ^(AQ)David and his offspring forever.

² “Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
    for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
³ I will get my knowledge from ^(A)afar
    and ascribe ^(B)righteousness to my ^(C)Maker.
⁴ For truly my words are not false;
    one who is ^(D)perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵ “Behold, God is mighty, and ^(E)does not despise any;
    he is ^(F)mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶ He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives ^(G)the afflicted their right.
⁷ He does not withdraw his ^(H)eyes from the righteous,
    but with ^(I)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are ^(J)exalted.
⁸ And if they are ^(K)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,
⁹ then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are ^(L)behaving arrogantly.
¹⁰ He ^(M)opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they ^(N)return from iniquity.
^11 (O)If they listen and serve him,
    they ^(P)complete their days in prosperity,
    and their years in pleasantness.
¹² But if they do not listen, they ^(Q)perish by the sword
    and die ^(R)without knowledge.

¹³ “The ^(S)godless in heart cherish anger;
    they do not cry for help when he ^(T)binds them.
¹⁴ They ^(U)die in youth,
    and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
¹⁵ He delivers ^(V)the afflicted by their affliction
    and ^(W)opens their ear by adversity.
¹⁶ He also allured you out of distress
    into ^(X)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your ^(Y)table was full of ^(Z)fatness.

¹⁷ “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
    judgment and justice seize you.
¹⁸ Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
    and let not the greatness of ^(AA)the ransom turn you aside.
¹⁹ Will your ^(AB)cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
    or all the force of your strength?
²⁰ Do not long for ^(AC)the night,
    when peoples vanish ^(AD)in their place.
²¹ Take care; ^(AE)do not turn to iniquity,
    for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
²² Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is ^(AF)a teacher like him?
²³ Who has ^(AG)prescribed for him his way,
    or who can say, ^(AH)‘You have done wrong’?

²⁴ “Remember to ^(AI)extol his work,
    of which men have ^(AJ)sung.
²⁵ All mankind has looked on it;
    man beholds it from afar.
²⁶ Behold, God is great, and we ^(AK)know him not;
    the number of his ^(AL)years is unsearchable.
²⁷ For he draws up the drops of water;
    they distill his ^(AM)mist in ^(AN)rain,
²⁸ which ^(AO)the skies pour down
    and drop on mankind abundantly.
²⁹ Can anyone understand ^(AP)the spreading of the clouds,
    the thunderings of his ^(AQ)pavilion?
³⁰ Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
    and covers the roots of the sea.
³¹ For by these he ^(AR)judges peoples;
    he gives ^(AS)food in abundance.
³² He covers his ^(AT)hands with the lightning
    and commands it to strike the mark.
³³ Its crashing declares his presence;^[a]
    the cattle also declare that he rises.