⁷ But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

¹² If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

¹³ He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

² For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

⁵⁰ The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

⁵¹ And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;

¹² With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

¹³ He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

¹³ This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

¹ A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

¹⁵ For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

¹⁹ How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

⁴ So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

¹⁴ He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

⁴ For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

³ And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

⁴ Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

⁵ And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

⁶ So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

⁷ And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

³⁴ And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

⁴² I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

²³ I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.