Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹For by You I can ⁷run against a troop,

By my God I can leap over a wall.

³⁰As for God, ^wHis way is perfect;

^xThe word of the Lord is ⁸proven;

He is a shield ^yto all who trust in Him.

^31zFor who is God, except the Lord?

And who is a rock, except our God?

³²It is God who ^aarms me with strength,

And makes my way perfect.

^33bHe makes my feet like the feet of deer,

And ^csets me on my high places.

^34dHe teaches my hands to make war,

So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;

Your right hand has held me up,

Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁶You enlarged my path under me,

^eSo my feet did not slip.

³⁷I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;

Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

³⁸I have wounded them,

So that they could not rise;

They have fallen under my feet.

³⁹For You have armed me with strength for the battle;

You have ⁹subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰You have also given me the necks of my enemies,

So that I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴¹They cried out, but there was none to save;

^fEven to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

⁴²Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;

I ^gcast them out like dirt in the streets.