This short psalm studies war some more. Its subtitle is “A Song. A Psalm of David,” who, in my book, wasn’t just the jawbone of an ass; this dude was the full monty of megalomania.
The last four lines are key: “Give us help from trouble, / For the help of man is useless. / Through God we will do valiantly, / For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.”
But who chose the stone, loaded the sling, and flung that fifth smooth projectile at Goliath? Who dropped that first bomb on Hiroshima? And now who always pulls the damn trigger?