Daily Bread

²⁰ The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;^(A)
    according to the cleanness of my hands^(B) he has rewarded me.^(C)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;^(D)
    I am not guilty of turning^(E) from my God.
²² All his laws are before me;^(F)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
²³ I have been blameless^(G) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
²⁴ The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,^(H)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵ To the faithful^(I) you show yourself faithful,^(J)
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
²⁶ to the pure^(K) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.^(L)
27 You save the humble^(M)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.^(N)
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp^(O) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.^(P)
29 With your help^(Q) I can advance against a troop^[a];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect:^(R)
    The Lord’s word is flawless;^(S)
    he shields^(T) all who take refuge^(U) in him.
³¹ For who is God besides the Lord?^(V)
    And who is the Rock^(W) except our God?
³² It is God who arms me with strength^(X)
    and keeps my way secure.^(Y)
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;^(Z)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.^(AA)
34 He trains my hands for battle;^(AB)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains^(AC) me;
    your help has made me great.
³⁶ You provide a broad path^(AD) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.^(AE)

³⁷ I pursued my enemies^(AF) and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
³⁸ I crushed them^(AG) so that they could not rise;^(AH)
    they fell beneath my feet.^(AI)
39 You armed me with strength^(AJ) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries^(AK) before me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs^(AL) in flight,
    and I destroyed^(AM) my foes.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them^(AN)—
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.^(AO)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;^(AP)
    I trampled them^[b] like mud in the streets.
⁴³ You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.^(AQ)
People I did not know^(AR) now serve me,
⁴⁴     foreigners^(AS) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
⁴⁵ They all lose heart;^(AT)
    they come trembling^(AU) from their strongholds.^(AV)

⁴⁶ The Lord lives!^(AW) Praise be to my Rock!^(AX)
    Exalted be God^(AY) my Savior!^(AZ)
47 He is the God who avenges^(BA) me,
    who subdues nations^(BB) under me,
⁴⁸     who saves^(BC) me from my enemies.^(BD)
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man^(BE) you rescued me.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;^(BF)
    I will sing^(BG) the praises of your name.^(BH)

⁵⁰ He gives his king great victories;
    he shows unfailing love to his anointed,^(BI)
    to David^(BJ) and to his descendants forever.^(BK)