We turn over a few pages and find the story of David. There were years of wilderness guerrilla warfare against the Philistines, a perilous existence with moody, manic King Saul, and all that painful groping and praying through the guilt of murder and adultery; then in his old age he was chased from his throne by his own son and forced to set up a government in exile. And, at the end, his song. It begins with gratitude: “GOD is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight”; it ends in confidence, “Live GOD! Blessing from my rock!” In the center there is a rocket burst
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