"Then your maidservantsaid,'Pleaselet the wordof my lordthe kingbe comforting,for as the angelof God,sois my lordthe kingto discerngoodand evil.And may the LORDyour Godbe with you.'"
Then the kingansweredand saidto the woman,"Pleasedo not hideanythingfrom me that I am about to askyou." And the womansaid,"Let my lordthe kingpleasespeak."
in orderto changethe appearanceof thingsyour servantJoabhas donethisthing.But my lordis wise,like the wisdomof the angelof God,to knowallthat is in the earth."
"Moreover, he has slanderedyour servantto my lordthe king;but my lordthe kingis like the angelof God,therefore dowhatis goodin your sight.
"For allmy father'shouseholdwas nothingbut deadmenbefore my lordthe king;yet you setyour servantamong those who ateat your own table.Whatrightdo I haveyetthat I should complainanymoreto the king?"
When allIsraelheardof the judgmentwhichthe kinghad handeddown,they fearedthe king,for they sawthat the wisdomof Godwas in him to administerjustice.
"So giveYour servantan understandingheartto judgeYour peopleto discernbetweengoodand evil.For whois ableto judgethisgreatpeopleof Yours?"
"Is thereinjusticeon my tongue?Cannotmy palatediscerncalamities?
The crucibleis for silverand the furnacefor gold,And each[is tested] by the praiseaccordedhim.
A manwho flattershis neighborIs spreadinga netfor his steps.
But solidfoodis for the mature,who becauseof practicehavetheir sensestrainedto discerngoodand evil.
"Justas we obeyedMosesin allthings,sowe will obeyyou; onlymay the LORDyour Godbe with you as He was with Moses.
But Achishrepliedto David,"I knowthat you are pleasingin my sight,like an angelof God;neverthelessthe commandersof the Philistineshave said,'He must not goup with us to the battle.'
