1 Samuel 17:32–47

32 And David said to Saul, bLet no man’s heart fail because of him; cthy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a ||lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this duncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, dseeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, eThe Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and fthe Lord be with thee. 38 And Saul †armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the ||brook, and put them in a shepherd’s †bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and gthe man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and hruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, iAm I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a kshield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast ldefied. 46 This day will the Lord †deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give mthe carcases of the host of the Philistines this day nunto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; othat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord psaveth not with sword and spear: for qthe battle is the Lord’s, and rhe will give you into our hands.