David and Goliath

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The Battle Belongs to Yahweh-David and Goliath

Virgil Hurt

12/05/2013

With sling and stone and nerve of steel

With youth and faith and fighting weal

Advanced young David, Jesse’s son

The shepherd boy from Bethlehem.

Goliath roared his blasphemous threats

And cursed bold David by his gods

Am I dog? That thou comest to me with staves?

Come to me and thy flesh I’ll flay

To feed the fowls and beasts in the field.

But to these threats David would not yield.

David spoke defiance by the Living God.

Thou comest to me with sword and spear and shield

But the Name of Yahweh of hosts, I wield.

He is the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

This day will Yahweh deliver thee into mine hand; he cried.

I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee;

And I will give the Philistine carcasses of this host this day

To the wild beasts of the field and birds of prey

That all the earth may know

That there is a God in Israel.

And all this assembly gathered here

Shall know that Yahweh saves not with sword and spear

But the battle belongs to Yahweh

And He will give you into our hands this day.

These words enraged the giant beast

And he arose to make of David a feast

David, himself, hastened forward to fight

Swirling his sling in furious flight.

His sling let loose a palm sized stone

And struck Goliath’s head, crushing bone.

He ran to the place were Goliath lay

To make sure he was down to stay.

And took his sword and smote off his head

So all Israel knew that Goliath was dead.

He raised the ghastly head to show

That Yahweh had brought the proud man low

And raised on high the humble man

And gave glorious victory to Israel’s band.