¹⁸ And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.

¹⁵ Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

¹¹ Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.

¹ And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

¹¹ Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

²² And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

¹¹ Though I said in my fear, All men are false.