1 Samuel 17:41-47

New International Version

⁴¹ Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer^(A) in front of him, kept coming closer to David. ⁴² He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome,^(B) and he despised^(C) him. ⁴³ He said to David, “Am I a dog,^(D) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds^(E) and the wild animals!^(F)”

⁴⁵ David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,^(G) but I come against you in the name^(H) of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.^{(I) 46} This day the Lord will deliver^(J) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses^(K) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world^(L) will know that there is a God in Israel.^{(M) 47} All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword^(N) or spear that the Lord saves;^(O) for the battle^(P) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”