Psalm 18:29–42

²⁹In your strength I can crush an army;

with my God I can scale any wall.

³⁰God’s way is perfect.

All the Lord’s promises prove true.

He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.

³¹For who is God except the Lord?

Who but our God is a solid rock?

³²God arms me with strength,

and he makes my way perfect.

³³He makes me as surefooted as a deer,

enabling me to stand on mountain heights.

³⁴He trains my hands for battle;

he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

³⁵You have given me your shield of victory.

Your right hand supports me;

your help has made me great.

³⁶You have made a wide path for my feet

to keep them from slipping.

³⁷I chased my enemies and caught them;

I did not stop until they were conquered.

³⁸I struck them down so they could not get up;

they fell beneath my feet.

³⁹You have armed me with strength for the battle;

you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

⁴⁰You placed my foot on their necks.

I have destroyed all who hated me.

⁴¹They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.

They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.

⁴²I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.

I swept them into the gutter like dirt.