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XVIII :But the Lord was my stay.
 * He brought me forth also into a large place;
 * He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
 * The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
 * According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
 * For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
 * And have not wickedly departed from my God.
 * For all his judgments were before me,
 * And I did not put away his statutes from me.
 * I was also upright before him,
 * And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
 * Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness,
 * According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
 * With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
 * With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
 * With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
 * And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
 * For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
 * But wilt bring down high looks.
 * For thou wilt light my candle:
 * The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
 * For by thee I have run through a troop;