If you are slackin the dayof distress,Your strengthis limited.
"But nowit has cometo you, and you are impatient;It touchesyou, and you are dismayed.
"Now sothat your heartdoes not growfaint,And you are not afraidat the reportthat [will be] heardin the land--For the reportwill comeone year,And afterthat another reportin another year,And violence[will be] in the landWith ruleragainstruler--
For His discipleshad gone awayinto the cityto buyfood.
Therefore,since we havethisministry,as we received mercy,we do not lose heart,
ThereforeI askyou not to lose heartat my tribulationson your behalf,for they are your glory.
"Then the officersshall speakfurtherto the peopleand say,Whois the manthat is afraidand fainthearted?Let him departand returnto his house,so that he might not make his brothers'heartsmeltlike his heart.'
I knowwhereyou dwell,whereSatan'sthroneis; and you hold fastMy name,and did not denyMy faithevenin the daysof Antipas,My witness,My faithful one,whowas killedamongyou, whereSatandwells.
and you haveperseveranceand have enduredfor My name'ssake,and have not grown weary.
Then Davidsaidto himself,"NowI will perishonedayby the handof Saul.Thereis nothingbetterfor me thanto escapeinto the landof the Philistines.Saulthen will despairof searchingfor me anymorein allthe territoryof Israel,and I will escapefrom his hand."
