CONQUERING THE GIANTS WE FACE [AILISH ESPINA]

Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go
against this Philistine to fight him. For you are [only]
a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth.”

But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending
his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and
took a lamb out of the flock,

I went out after it and attacked it and rescued the lamb
from its mouth; and when it rose up against me, I seized it
by its whiskers and struck and killed it.

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and
this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them,
since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”

David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw
of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue
me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David,
“Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

Then Saul dressed David in his garments and put a
bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail
(armor) on him.

Then David fastened his sword over his armor and
tried to walk, [but he could not,] because he was not
used to them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot go
with these, because I am not used to them.”
So David took them off.

Then he took his [shepherd’s] staff in his hand and
chose for himself five [m]smooth stones out of the
stream bed, and put them in his shepherd’s bag which
he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch. With his sling
in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

The Philistine came and approached David, with his
shield-bearer in front of him.

When the Philistine looked around and saw David,
he derided and disparaged him because he was [just]
a young man, with a ruddy complexion, and a handsome appearance.

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come
to me with [shepherd’s]