25  With the merciful you show yourself merciful;

with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

26  with the purified you show yourself pure;

and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27  For you save a humble people,

but the haughty eyes you bring down.

28  For it is ^oyou who light my lamp;

the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

29  For by you I can run against a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

30  ^pThis God—his way is perfect;¹

the word of the Lord proves true;

he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

31  For who is God, but the Lord?

And ^qwho is a rock, except our God?—

32  the God who ^requipped me with strength

and made my way blameless.

33  ^sHe made my feet like the feet of a deer

and set me secure on the heights.

34  He ^ttrains my hands for war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35  You have given me the shield of your salvation,

and your right hand supported me,

and your gentleness made me great.

36  You gave a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not ^uslip.