33. "You can’t go out and fight this Philistine," Saul answered David. "You are still a boy. But he’s been a warrior since he was a boy!"
34. "Your servant has kept his father’s sheep," David replied to Saul, “and if ever a lion or a bear came and carried off one of the flock,
35. I would go after it, strike it, and rescue the animal from its mouth. If it turned on me, I would grab it at its jaw, strike it, and kill it.
36. Your servant has fought both lions and bears. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them because he has insulted the army of the living God.
37. "The Lord," David added, "who rescued me from the power of both lions and bears, will rescue me from the power of this Philistine.""Go!" Saul replied to David. "And may the Lord be with you!"