Sirach 47:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ He played with lions as with young goats,
    and with bears as with lambs of the flock.
⁴ In his youth did he not kill a giant,
    and take away reproach from the people,
when he lifted his hand with a stone in the sling
    and struck down the boasting of Goliath?
⁵ For he appealed to the Lord, the Most High,
    and he gave him strength in his right hand
to slay a man mighty in war,
    to exalt the power^[a] of his people.