Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹With your help I can attack an army.

With God’s help I can jump over a wall.

³⁰The ways of God are without fault.

The Lord’s words are pure.

He is a shield to those who trust him.

³¹Who is God? Only the Lord.

Who is the Rock? Only our God.

³²God is my protection.

He makes my way free from fault.

³³He makes me like a deer that does not stumble;

he helps me stand on the steep mountains.

³⁴He trains my hands for battle

so my arms can bend a bronze bow.

³⁵You protect me with your saving shield.

You support me with your right hand.

You have stooped to make me great.

³⁶You give me a better way to live,

so I live as you want me to.

³⁷I chased my enemies and caught them.

I did not quit until they were destroyed.

³⁸I crushed them so they couldn’t rise up again.

They fell beneath my feet.

³⁹You gave me strength in battle.

You made my enemies bow before me.

⁴⁰You made my enemies turn back,

and I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹They called for help,

but no one came to save them.

They called to the Lord,

but he did not answer them.

⁴²I beat my enemies into pieces, like dust in the wind.

I poured them out like mud in the streets.