Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹You give me strength to attack my enemies

and power to overcome their defences.

³⁰This God—how perfect are his deeds!

How dependable his words!

He is like a shield

for all who seek his protection.

³¹The Lord alone is God;

God alone is our defence.

³²He is the God

who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe.

^33*He makes me sure-footed as a deer;

he keeps me safe on the mountains.

³⁴He trains me for battle,

so that I can use the strongest bow.

³⁵O Lord, you protect me and save me;

your care has made me great,

and your power has kept me safe.

³⁶You have kept me from being captured,

and I have never fallen.

³⁷I pursue my enemies and catch them;

I do not stop until I destroy them.

³⁸I strike them down, and they cannot rise;

they lie defeated before me.

³⁹You give me strength for the battle

and victory over my enemies.

⁴⁰You make my enemies run from me;

I destroy those who hate me.

⁴¹They cry for help, but no one saves them;

they call to the Lord, but he does not answer.

⁴²I crush them, so that they become like dust

which the wind blows away.

I trample on them like mud in the streets.