A psalm of David against Goliath. Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.
Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king's son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.
their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed:
To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken, concerning thy servant and concerning his house: and do as thou hast spoken,
Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.