and Sha’ul sought to smite the spear through Dawiḏ
Our being has escaped like a bird From the snare of the trappers; The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
Many are the evils of the righteous, But יהוה delivers him out of them all.
The wrong one is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to slay him.
For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against יהוה.
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall prove wrong. This is the inheritance of the servants of יהוה, and their righteousness from Me,” declares יהוה.
“Ephrayim, what would I do with you? Yehuḏ
“And when they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you shall by no means have gone through the cities of Yisra’ĕ
But He, passing through the midst of them, went away.
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He went forth out of their hand,
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight.
And it came to be on the next day that an evil spirit from Elohim came upon Sha’ul, and he prophesied inside the house, while Dawiḏ
Then Sha’ul hurled the spear, for he said, “Let me smite Dawiḏ
And Sha’ul listened to the voice of Yehonathan, and Sha’ul swore, “As יהוה lives, he does not die.”
At that, Sha’ul hurled a spear at him to smite him. Then Yehonathan knew that his father had resolved to put Dawiḏ
