i1 [To the chief Musician. Jonathelemrechokim. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] i0 par Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting daily, he oppresses me.

And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.

And the women responded as they played, and said: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

And Saul was very furious, and the saying made his eyes quiver; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?

Is this not David, of whom they sang in dances, saying: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?