2 Samuel 22:29-46

29For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

30For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

31This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

32"For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

33This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.

34He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

35He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great.

37You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.

39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.

40For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

42They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

44"You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

45Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

46Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.