⁴⁴ And Thou wilt deliver me from the strivings of the people.
Thou wilt keep me for a head of the nations;
a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far·​·be·​·it, far·​·be·​·it from me that· I ·should swallow·​·up or^◦ that· I ·should destroy.