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Moreouer, the Philistines had yet warre againe with Israel, and Dauid went down, and his seruants with him, and fought against the Philistines, and Dauid waxed faint.

These foure were borne to the Gyant in Gath, and fell by the hand of Dauid, and by the hand of his seruants.

And Dauid spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song, in the day that the Lord had deliuered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

In my distresse I called vpon the Lord, and cryed to my God, and hee did heare my voice out of his Temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.

There went vp a smoake out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured: coales were kindled by it.

Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feete.

The Lord thundred from heauen: and the most high vttered his voice.

And the channels of the Sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discouered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

For all his iudgements were before me: and as for his Statutes, I did not depart from them.

Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me, according to my righteousnesse: according to my cleannesse in his eye sight.

As for God, his way is perfect, the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

He is the towre of saluation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his Anointed, vnto Dauid, and to his seede for euermore.

The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

These be the names of the mightie men whome Dauid had: The Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe among the captaines, (the same was Adino the Eznite:) hee lift vp his speare against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

He arose, and smote the Philistines vntill his hand was wearie, and his hand claue vnto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victorie that day, and the people returned after him onely to spoile.

And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among three, and he lift vp his speare against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

And he slew an Egyptian a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a speare in his hand; but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

Hee was more honourable then the thirtie, but hee attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his guard.

And Dauid saide vnto Gad, I am in a great strait: let vs fall now into the hand of the Lord (for his mercies are great,) and let me not fall into the hand of man.

And when the Angel stretched out his hand vpon Ierusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the euill, and said to the Angel that destroyed the people, It is ynough: stay now thine hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunah the Iebusite.