A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

By David. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise – the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,

the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.

A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!

Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it – all shields of valiant warriors.

You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.

I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

Ariel is as good as dead – Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.”

Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

when David, along with his men, went out and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.

Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.