37. Then David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
38. Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and had him put on armor.
39. David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off.
40. Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
41. The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.
42. When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.
43. He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ” Then he cursed David by his gods.