_Goliath:_ Why are ye come out to gather your armies to battle? Am I not a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me and to kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us. I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. [DAVID _listens. The soldiers seem disturbed and frightened._] _David:_ What meaneth this? _Soldier_ [_walks up to_ DAVID]: Have ye seen this man who is come up? Surely to defy Israel is he come up. And it shall be that the man who killeth him the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. _David:_ Who is this Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? _First Brother_ [_showing anger against_ DAVID]: Why camest thou hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. _David:_ What have I now done? [_He turns from his brothers and speaks to the people._] What shall be done with the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel? For who is this Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? I will fight him, and if I prevail against him and kill him, then will the Philistines be our servants and serve us. The Lord God of Israel will deliver him into my hands. _Soldiers:_ Saul, the king, shall hear these words! SCENE II. DAVID BEFORE SAUL PLACE: Saul's tent. _David_ [_comes in and salutes the king_]: Let no man's heart fail because of this giant; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. _Saul:_ Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. _David:_ Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and when there came a lion or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. The Lord that hath 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. _Saul:_ Go, and the Lord go with thee. [_To soldiers_]: Bring forth armor; this youth must be ready to meet the foe.