American Standard Version
"With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; "
— 2 Samuel 22:26, American Standard Version
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
“With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.”
“You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.”
“With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.”
“On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;”
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.