25 With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
26 with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.(A)
27 For you rescue an oppressed people,(B)
but you humble those with haughty eyes.(C)
28 Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.(D)
29 With you I can attack a barricade,[a]
and with my God I can leap over a wall.(E)

30 God—his way is perfect;(F)
the word of the Lord is pure.(G)
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.(H)
31 For who is God besides the Lord?(I)
And who is a rock? Only our God.(J)
32 God—he clothes me with strength(K)
and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer(L)
and sets me securely on the heights.[b](M)
34 He trains my hands for war;(N)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(O)
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation;
your right hand upholds me,(P)
and your humility exalts me.
36 You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,(Q)
and my ankles do not give way.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:29 Or a ridge, or raiders
  2. 18:33 Or on my high places

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