3 None of you can eliminate anger from your soul, but clear thinking can help you deal with your anger.
4 None of you can completely eliminate meanness, but clear thinking can fight alongside you so that you don’t have to give in to your cruel tendencies.
5 Clear thinking does not uproot the emotions, but it is their opponent.
6 This can be shown more clearly by the story of when King David was thirsty.
7 David had been attacking the enemy all day long, and he had killed many of them with the help of his nation’s soldiers.
8 When it was evening, he returned to his royal tent, dripping with sweat and completely exhausted. The whole army of our ancestors was camped around it,
9 and all the others were eating dinner.