David said to himself, "One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistia. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel, and I will be safe."

What strength do I have to keep on living? Why go on living when I have no hope?

Where is there any hope for me? Who sees any?

I was afraid and thought that he had driven me out of his presence. But he heard my cry, when I called to him for help.

even when I was afraid and said, "No one can be trusted."

God said to me, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future.