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The Giant Fell

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This song belongs to the 1 Samuel collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Opening Taunt] Forty days the giant thundered, Morning, evening, down the line. Bronze upon him, spear like timber, Every soldier lost his spine. One young shepherd heard defiance, Asked what honor fear had sold; Saul saw youth, but David answered With the lion and the bear of old. [Chorus] The giant fell with a stone and a sling, Not by the armor or strength of a king. The battle belongs to the Lord of hosts; The proud sword failed and the frightened found hope. The giant fell where the valley could see: No spear can mock God and stand endlessly. [Verse 2] Saul's coat burdened him; David laid it aside. Five smooth stones waited where the brook ran wide. Goliath cursed him by gods made of dust; David came forward in covenant trust. One sling circled, one stone found the brow; The mountain of bronze hit the valley floor now. [Breakdown] No sword in David's hand. The giant's own blade Ended the terror His boasting had made. [Final Chorus] The giant fell with a stone and a sling, And Israel remembered the power of its King. Philistines scattered; the battle line ran; Faith moved forward where fear had unmanned. The giant fell, but the lesson stood tall: The Lord saves not by sword or spear at all.

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1 Samuel 17: The challenge everyone hears and David answers differently

For forty days Goliath has taught both armies to read the valley his way: one enormous champion, one mountain of bronze, one bargain that turns a national battle into a single contest. David arrives carrying bread and cheese, hears exactly the words everyone else has heard, and assigns them a different meaning. Where the soldiers see a terrifying man and a royal reward, David hears defiance of "the armies of the living God." His confidence is not detached from experience. He argues from the lion and bear, rejects armour he has never tested, and walks out with tools he actually knows. The Book of 1 Samuel spends far more time on the speeches than on the strike itself, because the speeches explain what the brief combat is supposed to mean. One stone ends the champion's advance, Goliath's own sword completes his defeat, and the frightened army becomes a pursuing one. The chapter closes not with David announcing his anointing, but with Saul asking whose son the young victor is.

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