1 Samuel 2:9–10

9 He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,

but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.

“It is not by strength that one prevails;

10 those who oppose the Lord will be broken.

The Most High will thunder from heaven;

the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to his king

and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

9 He will keep the feet of his saints,

And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;

For by strength shall no man prevail.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;

Out of heaven shall he thunder upon them:

The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth;

And he shall give strength unto his king,

And exalt the horn of his anointed.

9 “He will protect his faithful ones,

but the wicked will disappear in darkness.

No one will succeed by strength alone.

10 Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered.

He thunders against them from heaven;

the Lord judges throughout the earth.

He gives power to his king;

he increases the strength of his anointed one.”

9 He will guard the feet of His saints,

But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces;

From heaven He will thunder against them.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to His king,

And exalt the horn of His anointed.”

9 He protects those who are loyal to him,

but evil people will be silenced in darkness.

Power is not the key to success.

10 The Lord destroys his enemies;

he will thunder in heaven against them.

The Lord will judge all the earth.

He will give power to his king

and make his appointed king strong.”

9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones;

But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;

For by strength shall no man prevail.

10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces;

Against them will he thunder in heaven:

Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth;

And he will give strength unto his king,

And exalt the horn of his anointed.

9 He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; in the heavens will he thunder upon them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

9 He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, 

but wicked people are silenced in darkness 

because humans cannot succeed by their own strength. 

10 “Those who oppose the Lord are broken into pieces. 

He thunders at them from the heavens. 

The Lord judges the ends of the earth. 

He gives strength to his King 

and lifts the head of his Messiah.”

9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones,

but the wicked perish in darkness,

for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

10 Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered;

He will thunder in the heavens against them.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to His king;

He will lift up the horn of His anointed.

9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,

but the wicked will perish in darkness,

for not by might does one prevail.

10 The Lord! His adversaries will be shattered;

the Most High will thunder in heaven.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;

he will give strength to his king

and exalt the power of his anointed.”

9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,

but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness,

because a man will not prevail by his might.

10 Yahweh will shatter his adversaries;

he will thunder against them in the heavens.

Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give strength to his king

and will exalt the might of his anointed one.

9 He guards the paths of those who are faithful to him.

But evil people will lie silent in their dark graves.

“People don’t win just because they are strong.

10 Those who oppose the Lord will be totally destroyed.

He will thunder against them from heaven.

He will judge the earth from one end to the other.

“He will give power to his king.

He will give honor to his anointed one.”

9 “He keeps the feet of His godly ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;

For not by might shall a man prevail.

10 “Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens,

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;

And He will give strength to His king,

And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”