4. is like the morning light when the sun riseson a cloudless morning,the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
5. Is it not true my house is with God?For He has established an everlasting covenant with me,ordered and secured in every detail. Will He not bring aboutmy whole salvation and my every desire?
6. But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside;they can never be picked up by hand.
7. The man who touches themmust be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.They will be completely burned up on the spot.
8. These are the names of David’s warriors: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers. He wielded his spear against 800 men that he killed at one time.
9. After him, Eleazar son of Dodo son of an Ahohite was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines. The men of Israel retreated in the place they had gathered for battle,