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Psalms 18:22-34 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.