Let no man dread, the youth began,

This haughty monster of a man;

That dares all Israel's host defy,

His time is come, his end is nigh!

And, trusting in Jehovah's might,

Myself will undertake the flight--

Thou hast not strength, the monarch cries,

Against this man of war to rise!

Unus'd to arms, unknown to war.

Thy bleating flocks have been thy care;