29. David said, “What have I done now? Was it not only a word?”
30. And he turned from him toward another and spoke in the same way. And the people answered him again as at the first.
31. When the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul and he sent for him.
32. David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33. Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him. For you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
34. David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for my father’s flock, and the lion came and the bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.
35. And I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I took hold of his beard, struck him, and killed him.
36. Your servant slew both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, because he has reviled the armies of the living God.”
37. David said, “The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
38. Saul clothed David with his armor. And he put a helmet of bronze on his head. He also clothed him with a coat of mail.