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21 ¶ Then there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and because of his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeonites and said unto them: (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the sons of Israel had sworn unto them, and Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).
3 Therefore, David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make reconciliation that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
4 And the Gibeonites replied unto him, We have no quarrel regarding silver nor gold with Saul, nor with his house; neither do we desire that anyone in Israel should die. And he said unto them, What ye shall say that will I do for you.
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us and that devised against us, let us destroy him that nothing of him remains in any of the borders of Israel.
6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will disjoint them, hanging them from a tree, unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she gave birth unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she had given birth unto Adriel, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite;
9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they disjointed them hanging them from a tree in the hill before the LORD; and they fell all seven together and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 ¶ And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it upon the rock from the beginning of harvest until water rained upon them out of heaven and allowed neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 Then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan, his son, from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the plaza of Bethshan where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa;
13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan, his son; and they gathered the bones of those that had been disjointed by being hanged from a tree,
14 and they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15 ¶ And the Philistines made war again with Israel; and David went down, and his slaves with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David became weary.
16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, and the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, was girded with a new sword and had determined to kill David.
17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, helped David, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying, From now on thou shalt not go out with us to battle that thou not quench the light of Israel.
18 And after this, there was a second war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbechai, the Hushathite, slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was another war in Gob with the Philistines where Elhanan, the son of Jaareoregim of Bethlehem, slew Goliath, the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 And after that there was another war in Gath where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on every hand, and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was of the sons of the giant.
21 And when he dishonoured Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, the brother of David, slew him.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his slaves.
22 ¶ And David spoke the words of this song unto the LORD in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul.
2 ¶ And he said, The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 God is my Strong One; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my saving health; my defence and my refuge; my saviour, who shall save me from violence.
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of Belial made me afraid;
6 when the cords of Sheol compassed me about; the snares of death came before me;
7 in my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God, who heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the heavens were moved and shook because he was wroth.
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.
10 And he lowered the heavens and came down, and darkness was under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub and flew; and he appeared upon the wings of the wind.
12 He placed darkness like tabernacles round about him, dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire were kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from the heavens, and the most High uttered his voice;
15 he sent out arrows and scattered them; he sent forth lightning, and consumed them.
16 Then the springs of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He extended his hand from above, he took me; he drew me out of the impetuous waters;
18 he delivered me from strong enemies, from those that hated me, who were stronger than I.
19 They came upon me unawares in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my stay.
20 He brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he had put his will in me.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For I have all his ordinances before me and am attentive to his statutes; I will not depart from them.
24 And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore, the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes.
26 With the merciful thou art good, and with the perfect thou art upright.
27 With the pure thou art pure, and with the perverse thou art an adversary.
28 Thou wilt save the poor in spirit; but thine eyes are upon the haughty that thou may bring them down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD, and the LORD gives light unto my darkness.
30 For in thee I have run through a troop; with my God I have gone over the walls.
31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is purified; he is a shield to all those that trust in him.
32 For what God is there except the LORD? Or who is a Strong One, except our God?
33 God is he who strengthens me with virtue; he who clears my way;
34 he who makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and he who sets me upon my high places;
35 he who trains my hands for war and causes my arms to break the bow of bronze.
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy saving health, and thy meekness has multiplied me.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me so that my knees did not shake.
38 I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them and did not return until I had consumed them.
39 And I consumed them and wounded them, and they did not arise; they are fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41 Thou hast given me the necks of my enemies, of those that hate me, that I might cut them off.
42 They looked, but there was no one to save them; even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.
43 Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth; I stamped them as the mire of the street and spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of peoples; thou hast kept me to be head of the Gentiles; peoples whom I did not know have served me.
45 The strangers trembled before my command; as soon as they heard, they obeyed me.
46 The strangers withered away and trembled in their close places.
47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God who is the rock of my salvation.
48 The God who has given me revenge and who subjects the peoples under me,
49 who brings me forth from among my enemies; thou hast lifted me up on high from among those that rose up against me; thou hast delivered me from the man of violence.
50 Therefore, I will confess thee among the Gentiles, O LORD, and I will sing unto thy name.
51 He who makes great the saving health of his king and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for ever.
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How difficult it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier to put a cable through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And those that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28 Then Peter said, Behold, we have left all and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no one that has left house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of God’s sake
30 who shall not receive manifold more in this present time and in the age to come, eternal life.
31 ¶ Then he took unto him the twelve and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully treated and spitted on;
33 and they shall scourge him and put him to death, but the third day he shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they did not know what was said.
35 ¶ And it came to pass that as he came near unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat beside the way begging,
36 and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what this might be.
37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passes by.
38 And he cried out, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And those who went before rebuked him that he should remain silent; but he cried out so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought unto him, and when he was come near, he asked him,
41 saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may see.
42 And Jesus said unto him, See; thy faith has saved thee.
43 And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
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