I will pursue my enemies. In the troop of Amalek, as it says (1 Samuel 30:8) "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And he answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all." And I will not turn back until they are destroyed, as it says (1 Samuel 30:17) "And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled." A decisive blow they received, but could not get up again. A crushing blow. And He armed me with strength for the battle. Since the beginning of His creation of the army, therefore, let those who rise up against me be overthrown beneath me....