Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

Psalms 17:27

And with the excellent [man] thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
Septuagint in American English (2012)