Psalm 18:18-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.(B)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.(C)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.(D)
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.(E)
25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(F)
26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(G)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.