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¹⁰Have you not extracted me like milk and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁸And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”

²⁹and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.

⁸Your hands have made me and formed me all around, and, in this way, do you suddenly throw me away? ⁹Remember, I ask you, that you have fashioned me like clay, and you will reduce me to dust. ¹⁰Have you not extracted me like milk and curdled me like cheese? ¹¹You have clothed me with skin and flesh. You have put me together with bones and nerves. ¹²You have assigned to me life and mercy, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.

²But Saul and the sons of Israel, having gathered together, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines.

²⁹And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;

⁶Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

¹Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night. ²And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation. ³And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.” ⁴And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel. ⁵But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.” ⁶And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us.

²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

¹Now the Philistines, gathering their troops for battle, assembled at Socoh of Judah. And they made camp between Socoh and Azekah, within the borders of Dammim. ²But Saul and the sons of Israel, having gathered together, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines. ³And the Philistines were standing on a mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing on a mountain on the other side. And there was a valley between them. ⁴And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm. ⁵And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a breastplate of scales. Moreover, the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass. ⁶And he had plates of brass on his lower legs, and a small shield of brass was covering his shoulders.