Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹For with you I can charge a troop,

and with my God I can scale a wall.

³⁰This^g God—his way is blameless.

The word of Yahweh is flawless.^h

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

³¹For who is God apart from Yahweh,

and who is a rock except our God?

³²The God who girded me with strength,

and made safeⁱ my way,

³³he made my feet like the deer’s,

and on my high places he makes me stand.

³⁴He trains my hands for war,

so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You also gave me the shield of your salvation,

and your right hand supported me,

and your humility made me great.

³⁶You enlarged my step under me,

and my ankles did not slip.

³⁷I chased my enemies and overtook them;

I did not turn back until they were finished off.

³⁸I struck them and they were not able to stand up;

they fell under my feet.

³⁹And you girded me with strength for the battle;

those rising against me you made to kneel under me.

⁴⁰And you made my enemies turn their backs,^j

then I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹They cried out but there was no rescuer,

even to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

⁴²And I ground them like dust in the wind,^k

I emptied them^l out like mud of the streets.