And David said, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine — David's confession of faith (*YHWH asher hitzlani mi'yad ha'ari umiyad ha'dov hu yatzileni mi'yad ha'Phelishti hazeh*) rests not on confidence in his own strength but on the proved faithfulness of God. The parallel structure—delivered from lion, delivered from bear, will deliver from Philistine—creates a prophetic momentum, a spiritual certainty grounded in prior experience. The *yad YHWH* (hand of the LORD) supersedes all other hands, all visible threats. David's faith is not abstract mysticism but grounded in testimony, the rehearsal of specific divine acts in his particular history.

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