English Standard Version

Psalm 18:25-36 English Standard Version (ESV)

25. With the merciful you show yourself merciful;with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

26. with the purified you show yourself pure;and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27. For you save a humble people,but the haughty eyes you bring down.

28. For it is you who light my lamp;the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

29. For by you I can run against a troop,and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30. This God—his way is perfect;the word of the Lord proves true;he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31. For who is God, but the Lord?And who is a rock, except our God?—

32. the God who equipped me with strengthand made my way blameless.

33. He made my feet like the feet of a deerand set me secure on the heights.

34. He 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 supported me,and your gentleness made me great.

36. You gave a wide place for my steps under me,and my feet did not slip.