For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
Parallel translations
- WEB For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
- KJV For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
- NKJV For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
- NASB For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
- NLT In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
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Quick answer
By God's strength David can charge a troop and leap over a wall. It matters because God empowers his people to overcome obstacles beyond their natural ability.
Overview
David credits God with enabling him to run against a hostile band and scale a defensive wall. His victories come not from his own power but from God working in and through him. This dependence on divine strength anticipates the believer's ability to overcome through Christ who strengthens them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- 2 Sam 22:30For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
- Eph 6:10–13Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- 2 Cor 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Col 2:15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- Ps 44:6–7For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
- Ps 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- Ps 144:1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- 2 Sam 5:19–20So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- 1 Sam 23:2So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
- 2 Sam 5:25So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- 1 Sam 17:49Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Sam 30:8and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
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