And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.