Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹With you I can attack a line of soldiers. 

With my God I can break through barricades. 

³⁰God’s way is perfect! 

The promise of the Lord has proven to be true. 

He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. 

³¹Who is God but the Lord? 

Who is a rock except our God? 

³²God arms me with strength 

and makes my way perfect. 

³³He makes my feet like those of a deer 

and gives me sure footing on high places. 

³⁴He trains my hands for battle 

so that my arms can bend an ⸤archer’s⸥ bow of bronze. 

³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation. 

Your right hand supports me. 

Your gentleness makes me great. 

³⁶You make a wide path for me to walk on 

so that my feet do not slip. 

³⁷I chased my enemies and caught up with them. 

I did not return until I had ended their lives. 

³⁸I wounded them so badly that they were unable to get up. 

They fell under my feet. 

³⁹You armed me with strength for battle. 

You made my opponents bow at my feet. 

⁴⁰You made my enemies turn their backs to me, 

and I destroyed those who hated me. 

⁴¹They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them. 

They cried out to the Lord, but he did not answer them. 

⁴²I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind. 

I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.