And it happened, as soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, to bless him.

And he blessed him and said: Blessed is Abram of the Most High God, Possessor of Heaven and earth;

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and about which you had sworn an oath, even saying it in my ears; behold the silver is with me, I have taken it. And his mother said, Blessed of Jehovah are you, my son!

And he said, Blessed are you of Jehovah, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.

But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

I regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not carried out My words. And it angered Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.

And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

He who covers his sins shall not prosper; but he who confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself, God, I thank You that I am not like other men; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.