40 You armed me with strength for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries before me.(A)

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Through you we push back(A) our enemies;
    through your name we trample(B) our foes.

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11 being strengthened with all power(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(B)

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14 The children of your oppressors(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(B) at your feet
and will call you the City(C) of the Lord,
    Zion(D) of the Holy One(E) of Israel.

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39 You armed me with strength(A) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries(B) before me.

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And they sang a new song, saying:(A)

“You are worthy(B) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood(C) you purchased(D) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(E)

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I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
    apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,

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He is my loving God and my fortress,(A)
    my stronghold(B) and my deliverer,
my shield,(C) in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues peoples[a](D) under me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people

32 It is God who arms me with strength(A)
    and keeps my way secure.(B)

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So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah.

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49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling(A) and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

51 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut(B) off his head with the sword.(C)

When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

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