21  “The Lord ^cdealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the ^dcleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

22  ^eFor I have kept the ways of the Lord

and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23  ^fFor all his rules were before me,

and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

24  I was ^gblameless before him,

and I kept myself from guilt.

25  ^dAnd the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness in his sight.

26  ^h“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;

with the ^gblameless man you show yourself blameless;

27  with the purified you deal purely,

and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

28  ⁱYou save a humble people,

^jbut your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

29  ^kFor 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—^lhis way is perfect;

the ^mword of the Lord proves true;

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