³³ Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

³¹ Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”^(A)

⁴ They worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”^(A)

Psalm 11

Song of Trust in God

To the leader. Of David.

⁵⁶ The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is.”

⁴² When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.^(A)

² a strong and tall people, the offspring of the Anakim, whom you know. You have heard it said, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakim?’^(A)