30/32 Her father was there! They were tearing him to pieces! Suddenly she was gone from the side of the two black women. Like a flash of light she had passed through the bellowing throng. She had thrust herself between the people and her father, who was on the ground: she was standing over him with both arms upraised, and at that instant God loosed her tongue, for she was crying, "Mercy! Mercy!" Then the crowd fell back in great fear. No man dared to touch Israel any more. |