2 Samuel 22:20-34 English Standard Version (ESV)

20. He brought me out into a broad place;he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

21. “The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

22. For I have kept the ways of the Lordand have not wickedly departed from my God.

23. For all his rules were before me,and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

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

25. And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,according to my cleanness in his sight.

26. “With the merciful you show yourself merciful;with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

27. with the purified you deal purely,and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

28. You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

29. For you are my lamp, O Lord,and my God lightens my darkness.

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

31. 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.

32. “For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

33. This God is my strong refugeand has made my way blameless.

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

2 Samuel 22