Lexham English Bible

Psalms 18:19-38 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. So he brought me out to a spacious place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

20. Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he has repaid me.

21. Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,

22. because all his ordinances are before me, and his statutes I have not removed from me,

23. and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

24. Therefore Yahweh has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25. To the loyal you show yourself loyal. To the blameless you show yourself blameless.

26. To the pure you show yourself pure. but to the wicked you show yourself shrewd.

27. For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.

28. For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.

29. For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall.

30. This God—his way is blameless. The word of Yahweh is flawless. He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31. For who is God apart from Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?

32. The God who girded me with strength, and made safe my way,

33. he made my feet like the deer’s, and on my high places he makes me stand.

34. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35. You also gave me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your humility made me great.

36. You enlarged my step under me, and my ankles did not slip.

37. I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished off.

38. I struck them and they were not able to stand up; they fell under my feet.