17. He sent from on high, and he accepted me. And he took me up, out of many waters.
18. He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.
19. They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.
20. And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
21. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
22. For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
23. For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
24. And I will be immaculate together with him, and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
25. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
26. With the holy, you will be holy, and with the innocent, you will be innocent,
27. and with the elect, you will be elect, and with the perverse, you will be perverse.