So he disguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard.
Trembling before man brings a snare, But he who trusts in Yahweh will be set securely on high.
For oppression gives a wise man over to madness, And a bribe destroys the heart.
¶“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass,
“Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard,
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?