I chose the way for them, and sat as chief, and I dwelt like a sovereign in the army, like one who comforts mourners.
“Be over my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my people shall kiss – only in the throne I am greater than you.”
“Formerly, when Sha’ul was sovereign over us, you were the one who led Yisra’ĕ
And his possessions were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large body of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
I might strengthen you with my mouth, and my moving lips might bring relief.
I smiled at those who did not believe, and the light of my face they did not dim.
I would declare to Him the number of my steps – I would approach Him like a prince.
And He was Sovereign in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, the tribes of Yisra’ĕ
And the elders of Gilʽ