⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.^(A)

¹⁶ He reached down from on high; he took me;
    he drew me out of mighty waters.^(A)
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were too mighty for me.^(B)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He brought me out into a broad place;
    he delivered me because he delighted in me.^(C)

²⁰ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
    according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.^(D)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.^(E)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.^(F)
23 I was blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from guilt.
²⁴ Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.^(G)