"Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse."—1 Chron. 12:18.
'TWIXT God and thee but love shall be;
'Twixt earth and thee distrust and fear,
'Twixt sin and thee shall be hate and war;
And hope shall be 'twixt Heaven and thee
Till night is o'er.
Mechthild of Hellfde, † 1277.