16. From on high God reached down and grabbed me;he took me out of all that water.
17. God saved me from my powerful enemy,saved me from my foes,who were too much for me.
18. They came at me on the very day of my distress,but the Lord was my support.
19. He brought me out to wide-open spaces;he pulled me out safebecause he is pleased with me.
20. The Lord rewarded me for my righteousness;he restored me because my hands are clean,
21. because I have kept the Lord’s ways.I haven’t acted wickedly against my God.
22. All his rules are right in front of me;I haven’t turned away from any of his laws.
23. I have lived with integrity before him;I’ve kept myself from wrongdoing.
24. And so the Lord restored me for my righteousnessbecause my hands are clean in his eyes.
25. You deal faithfully with the faithful;you show integritytoward the one who has integrity.
26. You are pure toward the pure,but toward the crooked, you are tricky.
27. You are the one who saves people who sufferand brings down those with proud eyes.
28. You are the one who lights my lamp—the Lord my God illumines my darkness.
29. With you I can charge into battle;with my God I can leap over a wall.
30. God! His way is perfect;the Lord’s word is tried and true.He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
31. Now really, who is divine except the Lord?And who is a rock but our God?
32. Only God! The God who equips me with strengthand makes my way perfect,
33. who makes my step as sure as the deer’s,who lets me stand securely on the heights,