8 Athi ke amaFilisti, akuva ukuba uthanjiswe uDavide, waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli onke, enyuka onke amaFilisti, aya kumfuna uDavide. Weva uDavide, waphuma waya kuwahlangabeza.
9 AmaFilisti eza athi dwe entilini yamaRafa.
10 Wabuza uDavide kuThixo, wathi, Ndinyuke na ndiye kumaFilisti? Wòwanikela na esandleni sam? Wathi uYehova kuye, Nyuka, ndowanikela esandleni sakho.
11 Benyuka baya eBhahali-peratsim,* wawabulalela khona uDavide. Wathi uDavide, UThixo uzityhobozele iintshaba zam ngesandla sam, njengokutyhoboza kwamanzi; ngenxa yoko bathi igama laloo ndawo yiBhahali-peratsim.
12 Azishiya apho izithixo zawo; wathi uDavide mazitshiswe ngomlilo.
13 Abuya aphinda amaFilisti, athi dwe entilini leyo. Wabuya wabuza uDavide kuThixo.
14 Wathi uThixo kuye, Uze ungenyuki uwasukele; jika umke kuwo, ufike kuwo malunga nemithi yemibhaka;*