Saul recognized David's voice and asked, “Is that you speaking, David, my son?” “Yes it's me, my lord and king,” David replied.
His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
After David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that you speaking, David my son?” and he wept out loud.
He told David, “You are a better person than I am, because you have repaid me with good, but I have repaid you with evil.
A little later David came out of the cave and shouted, “My master the king!” When Saul looked around, David bowed down with his face to the ground.