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the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. ¹⁹And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. ²⁰And there was again war at Gath, where was a champion, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. ²¹And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. ²²These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

22And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; ²and he said:

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

³The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge;

My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge;

My saviour, Thou savest me from violence.

⁴Praised, I cry, is the Lord,

And I am saved from mine enemies.

 

⁵For the waves of Death compassed me.

The floods of ^[1]Belial assailed me.

⁶The cords of ^[1]Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of Death confronted me.

⁷In my distress I called upon the Lord,

Yea, I called unto my God;

And out of His temple He heard my voice,

And my cry did enter into His ears.

⁸Then the earth did shake and quake,

The foundations of heaven did tremble;

They were shaken, because He was wroth.

⁹Smoke arose up in His nostrils,

And fire out of His mouth did devour;

Coals flamed forth from Him.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens also, and came down;

And thick darkness was under His feet.

¹¹And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly;

Yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

¹²And He made darkness pavilions round about Him,

Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹³At the brightness before Him

Coals of fire flamed forth.

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven,

And the Most High gave forth His voice.

¹⁵And He sent out arrows, and scattered them;

Lightning, and discomfited them.

¹⁶And the channels of the sea appeared,

The foundations of the world were laid bare

By the rebuke of the Lord,

At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

 

¹⁷He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters;

¹⁸He delivered me from mine enemy most strong,

From them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁹They confronted me in the day of my calamity;

But the Lord was a stay unto me.

1. That is, the nether-world.

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