1Sa 27:1, Psa 31:22 | ESV | STEP | Then David said in his heart , Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul . There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines . Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel , and I shall escape out of his hand .

1 Samuel 27:1

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”

Psalms 31:22

22 I had said in my ^aalarm, ^{▼▼Or in my haste}
“I am ^ccut off from ^dyour sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.