Part 23

10:022:035 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

10:022:036 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

10:022:037 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

10:022:038 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

10:022:039 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

10:022:040 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

10:022:041 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

10:022:042 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

10:022:043 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

10:022:044 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

10:022:045 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

10:022:046 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

10:022:047 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

10:022:048 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.

10:022:049 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

10:022:050 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

10:022:051 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

10:023:001 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

10:023:002 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

10:023:003 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

10:023:004 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

10:023:005 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

10:023:006 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

10:023:007 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

10:023:008 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

10:023:009 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

10:023:010 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

10:023:011 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.