David’s Thanksgiving to God^(A)

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: ^(B)“Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

^16 (A)Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

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

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the ^(A)mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with ^(B)my staff, and now I have become two companies.

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

¹⁷ So Samuel said, ^(A)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?

Purpose of the Mystery

⁸ To me, ^(A)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles ^(B)the unsearchable riches of Christ,

¹⁵ So he said to Him, “O ^[a]my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed ^(A)my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

²¹ And Saul answered and said, ^(A)“Am I not a Benjamite, of the ^(B)smallest of the tribes of Israel, and ^(C)my family the least of all the families of the ^[a]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”