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Rh the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. And 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. And 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. And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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


 * The is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
 * The 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.
 * Praised, I cry, is the ,
 * And I am saved from mine enemies.


 * For the waves of Death compassed me.
 * The floods of Belial assailed me.
 * The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
 * The snares of Death confronted me.
 * In my distress I called upon the ,
 * Yea, I called unto my God;
 * And out of His temple He heard my voice,
 * And my cry did enter into His ears.
 * Then the earth did shake and quake,
 * The foundations of heaven did tremble;
 * They were shaken, because He was wroth.
 * Smoke arose up in His nostrils,
 * And fire out of His mouth did devour;
 * Coals flamed forth from Him.
 * He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
 * And thick darkness was under His feet.
 * And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
 * Yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
 * And He made darkness pavilions round about Him,
 * Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
 * At the brightness before Him
 * Coals of fire flamed forth.
 * The thundered from heaven,
 * And the Most High gave forth His voice.
 * And He sent out arrows, and scattered them;
 * Lightning, and discomfited them.
 * And the channels of the sea appeared,
 * The foundations of the world were laid bare
 * By the rebuke of the ,
 * At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.


 * He sent from on high, He took me;
 * He drew me out of many waters;
 * He delivered me from mine enemy most strong,
 * From them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
 * They confronted me in the day of my calamity;
 * But the was a stay unto me.