9 And David said to Saul: a“Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’?
10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
11 Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is aneither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you bhunt my life to take it.
12 aLet the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.
13 As the proverb of the ancients says, a‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.
14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? aA dead dog? bA flea?
15 aTherefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and bsee and cplead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”
16 So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, a“Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
17 aThen he said to David: “You are bmore righteous than I; for cyou have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.
18 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when athe Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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