David and his men went and killed two hundred Philistines. He took their foreskins to the king and counted them all out to him, so that he might become his son-in-law. So Saul had to give his daughter Michal in marriage to David.

His servants went up to him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can't you just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured?"

A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.

And he added, "Why, sir, are you still pursuing me, your servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?

O LORD, my God, if I have wronged anyone, if I have betrayed a friend or without cause done violence to my enemy --- if I have done any of these things---

(SEE 7:3)

Without any reason they laid a trap for me and dug a deep hole to catch me.

This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in their Law may come true: 'They hated me for no reason at all.'

David stayed in hiding in the hill country, in the wilderness near Ziph. Saul was always trying to find him, but God did not turn David over to him.

Find out exactly the places where he hides, and be sure to bring back a report to me right away. Then I will go with you, and if he is still in the region, I will hunt him down, even if I have to search the whole land of Judah."

Don't let me be killed on foreign soil, away from the LORD. Why should the king of Israel come to kill a flea like me? Why should he hunt me down like a wild bird?"

If I have any success at all, you hunt me down like a lion; to hurt me you even work miracles.

May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.

The enemy was watching for us; we could not even walk in the streets. Our days were over; the end had come.

and tell them what the Sovereign LORD is saying to them: "You women are doomed! You sew magic wristbands for everyone and make magic scarves for everyone to wear on their heads, so that they can have power over other people's lives. You want to possess the power of life and death over my people and to use it for your own benefit.

There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.