<t /><p class="bodytext">In those days the Philistines gathered their troops<n id="1" /> for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, &#8220;You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.&#8221;<n id="2" />

David replied to Achish, &#8220;That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!&#8221; Achish said to David, &#8220;Then I will make you my bodyguard<n id="1" /> from now on.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

the king summoned<n id="1" /> Shimei and said to him, &#8220;You will recall<n id="2" /> that I made you take an oath by the <sc>Lord,sc> and I solemnly warned you, &#8216;If you ever leave and go anywhere,<n id="3" /> know for sure that you will certainly die.&#8217; You said to me, &#8216;The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.&#8217;<n id="4" />

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,<n id="1" /> and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.<n id="2" /> (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)<n id="3" />

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,<n id="1" /> and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives.<n id="2" /> (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has gathered up the winds in his fists?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has bound up the waters in his cloak?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has established all the ends of the earth?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">What is his name, and what is his son&#8217;s name?<n id="5" /> &#8211; if you know!p>

<p class="poetry">Just as you do not know the path<n id="1" /> of the wind,p> <p class="poetry">or how the bones form<n id="2" /> in the womb of a pregnant woman,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Listen,<n id="2" /> nation of Israel!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you.p> <p class="poetry">It will be a nation that was founded long agop> <p class="poetry">and has lasted for a long time.p> <p class="poetry">It will be a nation whose language you will not know.p> <p class="poetry">Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.p>

They said to him, &#8220;Are you at all aware<n id="1" /> that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?&#8221; But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.