29. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30. And he turned from him toward another and spoke after the same manner, and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31. And the words which David had spoken were heard, and they were rehearsed before Saul, and he sent for him.
32. And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy slave will go and fight with this Philistine.
33. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art but a young man, and he a man of war from his youth.
34. And David replied unto Saul, Thy slave was the pastor of his father’s sheep, and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
35. I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote him and slew him.
36. Whether it was a lion or a bear thy slave would kill it, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has dishonoured the armies of the living God.