Mighty Men Mighty Men Mighty Men of David In the years of the kingdom When the wars were not done Thirty men stood with David Every battle hard won They were not born to comfort They were not bred for ease They were forged in the wilderness Hardened by blood and by grief And the king knew their names Every scar, every stone, every field where they stood When they stood there alone David's mighty men, men who would not break They walked into the fire for their king's sake Blood on the ground, snow in the pits The Lord gave the victory, they refused to quit Mighty men, mighty men David's mighty man Eleazar stood his ground When the army fell back His hand locked on his sword Through the length of the attack Shammah held a field of lentils When Israel turned and ran Sometimes the ground beneath your feet Is where God makes it stand And the king knew their names Every scar, every stone, every field where they stood When they stood there alone David's mighty men, men who would not break They walked into the fire for their king's sake Blood on the ground, snow in the pit The Lord gave the victory, they refused to quit Mighty men, mighty men David's mighty men Benaiah went down into the pit in the snow No sword and no spear Just a man and his God below The lion found out What a righteous man is When the Lord of hosts Says the victory's his He came up from the pit He came up from the cold He came up with the lion dead And a story worth being told Mighty men, mighty men Down in the pit, he would not quit Mighty men, mighty men, mighty men David's mighty men David's mighty men, men who would not break They walked into the fire for their king's sake Blood on the ground, snow in the pit The Lord gave the victory, they refused to quit Mighty men, mighty men David's mighty men Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh