17. From on high God reached down and grabbed me;he took me out of deep waters.
18. God saved me from my powerful enemy,saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.
19. They came at me on the very day of my distress,but the Lord was my support.
20. He brought me out to wide-open spaces;he pulled me out, because he is pleased with me.
21. The Lord rewarded me for my righteousness;he restored me because my hands are clean,
22. because I have kept the Lord’s ways.I haven’t acted wickedly against my God.
23. All his rules are right in front of me;I haven’t turned away from any of his laws.
24. I have lived with integrity before him;I’ve kept myself from wrongdoing.
25. And so the Lord restored me for my righteousness,because I am clean in his eyes.
26. You deal faithfully with the faithful;you show integrity toward the one who has integrity.
27. You are pure toward the pure,but toward the crooked, you are tricky.