31. The words that David had spoken were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
32. Then David spoke to Saul: “My lord should not lose heart. Let your servant go and fight this Philistine.”
33. But Saul answered David, “You cannot go up against this Philistine and fight with him, for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34. Then David told Saul: “Your servant used to tend his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or bear came to carry off a sheep from the flock,
35. I would chase after it, attack it, and snatch the prey from its mouth. If it attacked me, I would seize it by the throat, strike it, and kill it.