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and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.

For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

For by Thee I run -- a troop, By my God I leap a wall.

For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?

Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,

And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

And -- Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me.

For -- not so [is] my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused [it] to spring up.

As to the worthless -- As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For -- not by hand are they taken;

And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

`Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three -- I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do [it] to thee.'

And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

And Araunah saith unto David, `Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;'

And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and Jehovah is entreated for the land, and the plague is restrained from Israel.