And David arose, and went, he and his men, and killed among the Philistines one hundred men. And he brought their foreskins, and he became the king's son-in-law, and [Saul] gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

And his servants came near and said to him, [Suppose] the prophet had spoken a great thing to you, would you not perform it? Yet he has but said to you, Wash, and be cleansed.

Anger slays even wise men, yet a submissive answer turns away wrath; but a grievous word stirs up anger.

And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? For in what [manner] have I sinned? And what unrighteousness has been found in me?

O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands)

if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare; without a cause they have reproached my soul.

But [this was] so that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without cause.'

And he dwelt in Maserim in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and dwelt in the wilderness in Mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you. And it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek your life, as the night hawk pursues its [prey] in the mountains.

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again You have changed and are terribly destroying me;

A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

We have hunted for our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. KOPH. Our time has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, our time has come.

And you shall say, Thus says the Lord: Woe to the [women] that sew pillows under every elbow, and make handkerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of My people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.

For the godly has perished from the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict everyone his neighbor.