And Asa called to Jehovah his God, and said, O Jehovah, besides You there is none to help between the great and him with no strength. Help us, O Jehovah our God; for we lean on You, and in Your name we come against this host. O Jehovah, You are our God. Do not let men hold back against You.
Did not the Cushites and the Lybians become a very great army for multitude, for chariots and for horsemen? And when you leaned on Jehovah, He gave them into your hand.
A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah on the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, I seek refuge in You; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,
And Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, and to cause him to die in the morning. And his wife Michal told David, saying, If you do not slip away with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.
And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come and be with you, until I know what God will do to me.
And David was dwelling in the wilderness, in the strongholds. And he was dwelling in the hill, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his days. And God did not give him into his hand.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Nothing is better for me than that slipping away I should slip away to the land of the Philistines. And Saul will despair of me, to still seek me in all the border of Israel, and I shall slip away out of his hand.