2 Samuel 22:35-43

Easy-to-Read Version

³⁶ Lord, you have given me your shield to protect me.
    It is your help that has made me great.
³⁷ You cleared a path for my feet
    so that I could walk without stumbling.
³⁸ I chased my enemies and defeated them.
    I did not stop until they were destroyed.
³⁹ I destroyed my enemies.
    I struck them down.
They did not get up again.
    They fell under my feet.

⁴⁰ Lord, you made me strong in battle.
    You made my enemies fall before me.
⁴¹ You made my enemies turn and run away.
    I destroyed those who hated me.
⁴² They looked for help,
    but there was no one to save them.
They cried out to the Lord,
    but he did not answer them.
⁴³ I beat my enemies to pieces
    like dust on the ground.
I smashed them and walked on them
    like mud in the streets.