²⁵ Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed,^(A) David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.”

So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

¹⁹ When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward^(A) you well for the way you treated me today.

¹⁰ Then Balak’s anger burned^(D) against Balaam. He struck his hands together^(E) and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies,^(F) but you have blessed them^(G) these three times.^(H)

²⁸ Then the man said, “Your name^(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”^(C)

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors^(A) through him who loved us.^(B)

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?^(A) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?^(B)