David, however, kept the secret of his triumph over the lion and the bear concealed in his own bosom, and did not bring it forth until the fitting occasion; nor does he, even then, speak of himself as having achieved aught, but he simply says, "_The Lord that delivered me_ out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." Precious, self-renouncing faith!--faith that counts on God for everything, and trusts the flesh in nothing--faith which brings God into every difficulty, and leads us, with deepest thankfulness, to hide self, and give Him all the glory. But it frequently needs much spirituality to detect the vast difference between the language of faith and the language of mere commonplace and formal religiousness. Saul assumed the garb and phraseology of religiousness; we have already seen much of this in his history, and we see it in his interview with David. Mere _religiousness_ and _faith_ here are seen in marked contrast. When David had made the clear and unequivocal statement of faith in the presence and power of Jehovah, Saul added, "_Go, and the Lord be with thee_." But, ah, how little did he know what was involved in having the Lord with him. He _seemed_ to trust the Lord, but _in reality_ he trusted his armor. Had he understood what he said, why think of putting on armor? "The Lord be with thee" was in Saul's mouth a mere commonplace: it really meant nothing, for he had no idea of David's going _simply_ with the Lord.