Psalm 18:25-50

English Standard Version

²⁵With ^(A)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(B)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷For you save ^(C)a humble people,
    but ^(D)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸For it is you who light my ^(E)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(F)leap over ^(G)a wall.
³⁰This God—his way is ^(H)perfect;^[a]
    the word of the Lord ^(I)proves true;
    he is ^(J)a shield for all those who ^(K)take refuge in him.

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

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

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

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