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and David said unto the Gibeonites: 'What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?'

And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.' And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?'

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?

Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,

A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

For is not my house established with God? for an everlasting covenant He hath made with me, ordered in all things, and sure; for all my salvation, and all my desire, will he not make it to grow?

But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;

And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD: 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'

And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'