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26 To the loyal, you show yourself to be loyal;
    to the blameless, you show yourself to be blameless;
27 to the pure, you show yourself to be pure;
    but to the perverse,[a] you show yourself to be shrewd.
28 For you save the humble,
    but you bring down the haughty.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:27 God treats people the way they treat him and others. The perverse: those who stray from the straight way of the Lord. Show yourself to be shrewd: the Lord counters the evil acts of the wicked, one after the other.

26 to the pure(A) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(B)
27 You save the humble(C)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.(D)
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(E) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(F)

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