²⁵ Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.

²⁸ And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

⁹ He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

¹⁰ Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.

¹⁹ And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.

²² So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

²⁵ When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

¹⁷ No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

⁴ In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

³⁵ Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

³⁷ But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.