David’s Prayer^(A)

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:

David’s Prayer^(A)

¹⁶ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:

¹⁸ But David said to Saul, “Who am I,^(A) and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?^(B)”

¹⁰ I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness^(A) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff^(B) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.^(C)

¹¹ But Moses said to God, “Who am I^(A) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

¹⁷ Samuel said, “Although you were once small^(A) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

⁸ Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,^(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles^(B) the boundless riches of Christ,^(C)

¹⁵ “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan^(A) is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.^(B)”

²¹ Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe^(A) of Israel, and is not my clan the least^(B) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?^(C) Why do you say such a thing to me?”