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26“With the kind You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.
28“And You save an afflicted people;
But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.
29“For You are my lamp, O LORD;
And the LORD illumines my darkness.
30“For by You I can run upon a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
31“As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the LORD is tested;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
32“For who is God, besides the LORD?
And who is a rock, besides our God?
33“God is my strong fortress;
And He sets the blameless in His way.
34“He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me on my high places.
35“He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your help makes me great.
37“You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.
38“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39“And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
And they fell under my feet.
40“For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
41“You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.
42“They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
43“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
44“You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
45“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46“Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.
47“The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
48The God who executes vengeance for me,
And brings down peoples under me,
49Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.
50“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.
51“He is a tower of deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.”
NASB ©1995
Parallel Verses
American Standard VersionWith the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Douay-Rheims BibleWith the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.
Darby Bible TranslationWith the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
English Revised VersionWith the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;
Webster's Bible TranslationWith the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
World English BibleWith the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
Young's Literal Translation With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,
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