¹⁴ And the Lord^[a] turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; ^(A)do not I send you?”

^34 (A)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, ^(B)became mighty in war, ^(C)put foreign armies to flight.

^5 (A)No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just ^(B)as I was with Moses, so ^(C)I will be with you. ^(D)I will not leave you or forsake you. ^6 (E)Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and ^(F)very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law ^(G)that Moses my servant commanded you. ^(H)Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success^[a] wherever you go. ⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but ^(I)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? ^(J)Be strong and courageous. ^(K)Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

¹¹ And the Lord sent ^(A)Jerubbaal ^(B)and Barak^{[a] (C)}and Jephthah and ^(D)Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.

⁶ She sent and summoned ^(A)Barak the son of Abinoam from ^(B)Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount ^(C)Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.

³² And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of ^(A)Gideon, ^(B)Barak, ^(C)Samson, ^(D)Jephthah, of ^(E)David and ^(F)Samuel and the prophets—

⁹ Now the Philistines had come and ^(A)made a raid in the ^(B)Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁰ And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”