Daud and the Soldier

Photograph: Majdi Mohammed/AP

Only A Boy Named Daud song lyrics and actions:

Only a boy named Daud (make a small person with hands)
Only a little sling (swing arm around at ear)
Only a boy named Daud (make a small person with hands)
But he did pray and sing (pray with hands and then raise hands into air)
Only a boy named Daud (make a small person with hands)
Only a rippling brook (move fingers like playing a piano)
Only a boy named Daud (make a small person with hands)
But five little stones he took (show five fingers)

And one little stone went in the sling (take one hand into the other hand)
And the sling went round and round (swing arm around at ear)
And one little stone went in the sling
And the sling went round and round (swing arm around at ear)
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round and round!
And one little stone went up in the air – oop, oop, oop, oop, oop –  (move hands up into the air)
And the giant came tumbling down! (fall down)

⁴² The soldier looked Daud over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. ⁴³ He said to Daud, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the soldier cursed Daud by his gods. ⁴⁴ “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”

courtesy The Guardian

⁴⁵ Daud said to the soldier, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the soldier's army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”  
⁴⁸ As the soldier moved closer to attack him, Daud ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. ⁴⁹ Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the soldier on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. 
⁵⁰ So Daud triumphed over the soldier with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the soldier...  (1 Samuel 17:42-50, based on NIV)