18   He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
natsal⁵³³⁷ `az⁵⁷⁹⁴ 'oyeb³⁴¹ sane'⁸¹³⁰ 'amats⁵⁵³

19   They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
qadam⁶⁹²³ yowm³¹¹⁷ 'eyd³⁴³ Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ mish`en⁴⁹³⁷

20   He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
yatsa'³³¹⁸ merchab⁴⁸⁰⁰ chalats²⁵⁰² chaphets²⁶⁵⁴

21   The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ gamal¹⁵⁸⁰ tsdaqah⁶⁶⁶⁶ bor¹²⁵² yad³⁰²⁷ shuwb⁷⁷²⁵

22   For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
shamar⁸¹⁰⁴ derek¹⁸⁷⁰ Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ rasha`⁷⁵⁶¹ 'elohiym⁴³⁰

23   For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
mishpat⁴⁹⁴¹ chuqqah²⁷⁰⁸ cuwr⁵⁴⁹³

24   I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
tamiym⁸⁵⁴⁹ shamar⁸¹⁰⁴ `avon⁵⁷⁷¹

25   Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ shuwb⁷⁷²⁵ tsdaqah⁶⁶⁶⁶ bor¹²⁵² neged⁵⁰⁴⁸ `ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹

26   With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
chaciyd²⁶²³ chacad²⁶¹⁶ tamiym⁸⁵⁴⁹ gibbowr¹³⁶⁸ tamam⁸⁵⁵²