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# The singing shepherd, for a martial feat, Took up no heavy sword, No helmet, no armour of tempered steel, No mail from Saul's shoulder; But, overshadowed by the spirit of God, He took a plain flint in the field - And the foreign-born foe fell, Flashing an
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- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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And you - when truth of holy thoughts  
Rises to do battle with falsehood -  
Do not lay upon God's truth  
The rotten burden of earthly mail.  
Saul's armour is a fetter to it,  
Saul's helmet is a burden:  
Its weapon is the word of God,  
And the word of God is God's thunder!

*Literal translation*

*Alexey Khomyakov, 1841*

**Illustration: The Prophet and King David, from the prophetic tier of the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Created between 10 August and 20 November 1755**