1 Samuel 31:1-13 and the death of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, read by the church's prayer minister.
1 Samuel 30, where David's own men talk of stoning him — with the Psalms read as the back story to eight years of running.
1 Samuel 28:3-20. Saul, at the end of his rope and no longer answered, goes looking for a medium — while David keeps finding strength on the run.
Psalm 9:9 — the Lord a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble — from a preacher currently rehabilitating one injury into another.
Philippians 1:12-14: what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. Paul's chains reach the whole palace guard.
John 5:1-7 at the pool of Bethesda. A man has been an invalid for thirty-eight years, and Jesus asks him whether he wants to be healed.