¹² And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

³⁵ And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

¹³ But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

¹⁴ My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

¹⁷ Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

¹ If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

⁶ Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

²⁹ Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

⁸ Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: