H9002–/וְ–v

Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.

וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

וּבָר֣וּךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְיָרֻ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

וּמוֹרִ֥יד (וּ) u. “and”

He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

וּמוֹצִיאִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וּמִקָּמַי֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

וְעֹֽשֶׂה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

וְאֵ֛לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְאֻ֤ם (וּ) u. “and”וּנְעִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.

וּמִלָּת֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

וּכְא֥וֹר (וּ) u. “and”

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

וּשְׁמֻרָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:

וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל (וּ) u. “and”

But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

וְאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָאֵ֕שׁ (וּ) u. “and”

After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,

וְאַחֲרָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

וְהָעָ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”

After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.

וְאַחֲרָ֛יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

וְחַיַּ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

וְדָוִ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַצַּ֣ב (וּ) u. “and”

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.

וַאֲבִישַׁ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠הוּא (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְהִכָּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

וְהוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיַ֤ד (וּ) u. “and”

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

וְלוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”