So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I put my soul into my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon; and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?

For he took his soul in his own hands and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

And David swore and said, Your father has perceived to know that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But surely, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soul in my hands?

As it is written: For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

I affirm, by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die throughout the day.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I excel them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I do not forget Your Statutes.

Sustain me, and I shall be safe, and I will gaze upon Your Statutes continually.

Concerning Your Testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever.