The Oath

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+------The Oath; David's Offer To Fight Goliath 

Brothers, I am not scared.
My milieu prepped me for this,
for this exactly I have filed down
stone, sharpened rocks as spear tips.
Nightly, I address my sheep in the
sheepfold in soft tones, a battalion
in woolen armor: “do not run, stand
pat.” …Your shepherd will waylay the
lion, bear. "The ephemeral
stars often glitter then fade, but
this pledge is perpetual." So why
would I run from an insolent dog, a
Giant, a blight on humankind, a
filthy Philistine God-profaning?
My Shepherd, in turn, goes before me. 
…I willingly fight this Goliath, no fear.

------1 Samuel 17:26-33
David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.” When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
“Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before. What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him. David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”