²⁵ Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

²² So David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.^(A)

¹⁹ For who has ever found an enemy and sent the enemy safely away? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

¹⁰ Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead you have blessed them these three times.

²⁸ Then the man^[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,^[b] for you have striven with God and with humans^[c] and have prevailed.”^(A)

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

³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?