²⁰ The Lord dealt with me ^(A)according to my righteousness;
    according to ^(B)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
²¹ For I have ^(C)kept the ways of the Lord,
    and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²² For ^(D)all his rules^[a] were before me,
    and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³ I was ^(E)blameless before him,
    and I kept myself from my guilt.
²⁴ So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ With ^(F)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
    with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶ with the purified you show yourself pure;
    and with ^(G)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷ For you save ^(H)a humble people,
    but ^(I)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸ For it is you who light my ^(J)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹ For by you I can run against a troop,
    and by my God I can ^(K)leap over ^(L)a wall.
³⁰ This God—his way is ^(M)perfect;^[b]
    the word of the Lord ^(N)proves true;
    he is ^(O)a shield for all those who ^(P)take refuge in him.

³¹ For ^(Q)who is God, but the Lord?
    And who is ^(R)a rock, except our God?—
³² the God who ^(S)equipped me with strength
    and made my way ^(T)blameless.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a ^(U)deer
    and set me secure on ^(V)the heights.
³⁴ He ^(W)trains 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 ^(X)supported me,
    and your ^(Y)gentleness made me great.
³⁶ You ^(Z)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.
³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
    and did not turn back till they were consumed.
³⁸ I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
    they fell under my feet.
³⁹ For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
    you made those who rise against me sink under me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies ^(AA)turn their backs to me,^[c]
    and those who hated me I destroyed.
^41 (AB)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
    they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² I beat them fine as ^(AC)dust before the wind;
    I cast them out like ^(AD)the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You delivered me from ^(AE)strife with the people;
    you made me ^(AF)the head of the nations;
    ^(AG)people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
    ^(AH)foreigners ^(AI)came cringing to me.
^45 (AJ)Foreigners lost heart
    and ^(AK)came trembling out of their fortresses.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation—
⁴⁷ the God who gave me vengeance
    and ^(AL)subdued peoples under me,
⁴⁸ who rescued me from my enemies;
    yes, you ^(AM)exalted me above those who rose against me;
    you delivered me from ^(AN)the man of violence.

^49 (AO)For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
    and ^(AP)sing to your name.
⁵⁰ Great ^(AQ)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his ^(AR)anointed,
    to ^(AS)David and his offspring forever.