³ He extended the glory of his people.
    Like a giant he put on his breastplate;
he bound on his armor of war and waged battles,
    protecting the camp by his sword.
⁴ He was like a lion in his deeds,
    like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.^(C)
5 He searched out and pursued those who broke the law;
    he burned those who troubled his people.^(D)
6 Lawbreakers shrank back for fear of him;
    all the evildoers were confounded;
    and deliverance prospered by his hand.^(E)
7 He embittered many kings,
    but he made Jacob glad by his deeds,
    and his memory is blessed forever.
⁸ He went through the cities of Judah;
    he destroyed the ungodly out of the land;^[a]
    thus he turned away wrath from Israel.^(F)
9 He was renowned to the ends of the earth;
    he gathered in those who were perishing.