39. David put on Saul's sword over his clothes. He walked around for a while in all of that armor because he wasn't used to it. "I can't go out there in all of this armor," he said to Saul. "I'm not used to it." So he took it off.
40. Then David picked up his wooden staff. He went down to a stream and chose five smooth stones. He put them in the pocket of his shepherd's bag. Then he took his sling in his hand and approached Goliath.
41. At that same time, the Philistine kept coming closer to David. The man who was carrying Goliath's shield walked along in front of him.
42. Goliath looked David over. He saw how young he was. He also saw how tanned and handsome he was. And he hated him.
43. He said to David, "Why are you coming at me with sticks? Do you think I'm only a dog?" The Philistine called down curses on David in the name of his god.
44. "Come over here," he said. "I'll feed your body to the birds of the air! I'll feed it to the wild animals!"