They run like mighty men. They climb a wall like men of war. They each march in line, never deviating from their ways.
Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, parted neither in life nor death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
On that day David said, “Whoever would conquer the Jebusites must strike through the water shaft to those ‘lame and blind’ whom David’s soul despises.” That is why they used to say, “The blind or lame couldn’t get into the house.”
from the Danites, 28,600 equipped for battle;
He breaks through against me, breach after breach. He runs after me like a warrior.
Their voice has gone out to all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens He pitched a tent for the sun.
locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.
One does not crowd another. Each one marches on his own highway. They plunge through the weapons, never breaking off.
They rush on the city, they run on the wall, they climb up into the houses, coming through the windows like a thief.