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²⁰He brought me forth also into a large place;

He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

²¹The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

According to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

 

²²For I have kept the ways of the Lord,

And have not wickedly departed from my God.

²³For all His ordinances were before me;

And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

²⁴And I was single-hearted toward Him,

And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

²⁵Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to my cleanness in His eyes.

 

²⁶With the merciful Thou dost show

Thyself merciful,

With the upright man Thou dost show

Thyself upright,

²⁷With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure;

And with the crooked Thou dost show

Thyself subtle.

²⁸And the afflicted people Thou dost save;

But Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.

 

²⁹For Thou art my lamp, O Lord;

And the Lord doth lighten my darkness.

³⁰For by Thee I run upon a troop;

By my God do I scale a wall.

³¹As for God, His way is perfect;

The word of the Lord is tried;

He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

 

³²For who is God, save the Lord?

And who is a Rock, save our God?

³³The God who is my strong fortress,

And who letteth my way go forth straight;

³⁴Who maketh my feet like hinds',

And setteth me upon my high places;

³⁵Who traineth my hands for war,

So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

³⁶Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation;

And Thy condescension hath made me great.

³⁷Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,

And my feet have not slipped.

 

³⁸I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them;

Neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

³⁹And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise;

Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

⁴⁰For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle;

Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

⁴¹Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me;

Yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.

⁴²They looked, but there was none to save;

Even unto the Lord, but He answered them not.

⁴³Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,

I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.

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