¶With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
For You save an afflicted and humble people,
But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine;
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
For by You I can crush a troop,
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
¶As for God, His way is blameless.
The word of the LORD is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
For who is God, but the LORD?
Or who is a rock, except our God,
The God who encircles me with strength
And makes my way blameless?
He makes my feet like hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble];
He sets me [securely] upon my high places.
He trains my hands for war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;
Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.
¶I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.
For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat],
And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the LORD [they cried], but He did not answer them.
Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.
¶You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as the head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.
Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their strongholds.
¶The LORD lives, blessed be my rock;
And may the God of my salvation be exalted,
The God who avenges me,
And subdues peoples (nations) under me.
He rescues me from my enemies;
Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
You deliver me from the man of violence.
Therefore will I give thanks and praise You, O LORD, among the nations,
And sing praises to Your name. [Rom 15:9]
He gives great triumphs to His king,
And shows steadfast love and mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever. [2 Sam 22:2-51]
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