“He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep water.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the LORD was my support.
He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.
The LORD rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
Indeed, I let all His ordinances guide me
and have not disregarded His statutes.
I was blameless toward Him
and kept myself from my iniquity.
So the LORD repaid me
according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful,
with the blameless
You prove Yourself blameless,
with the pure
You prove Yourself pure.”
Psalm 18:16-26