Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

that the Ark will come to you,
bearing tranquillity from your Lord
and the relics left behind by the House of Moses
and the House of Aaron,
borne by the angels.
There is indeed a sign in that for you,
should you be faithful.’
249 As Saul set out with the troops,
he said, ‘Allah will test you with a stream:
anyone who drinks from it will not belong to me,
but those who do not drink from it will belong to me,
barring someone who draws a scoop with his hand.’
But they drank from it, [all] except a few of them.
So when he crossed it
along with the faithful who were with him,
they said, ‘We have no strength today
against Goliath and his troops.’
Those who were certain they will encounter Allah said,
‘How many a small party
has overcome a larger party
by Allah’s will!
And Allah is with the patient.’
250 So when they marched out
for [encounter with] Goliath and his troops,
they said, ‘Our Lord, pour patience upon us,
make our feet steady,
and assist us against the faithless lot.’
251 Thus they routed them with Allah’s will,
and David killed Goliath,
and Allah gave him the kingdom and wisdom,