Berean Standard Bible

1 Samuel 24:10-13

10BeholdH2009,thisהַזֶּ֜הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117you have seenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200with your own eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869H853thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the LORDיְהוָ֨ה׀ הַיּ֤וֹם׀Yah.weh hai.YomH3068 H3117delivered youנְתָנְךָ֩ne.ta.ne.KhaH5414into my handבְּיָדִי֙be.ya.DiH3027in the caveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631.I was toldH559to kill youלַהֲרָגֲךָ֖la.ha.ra.ga.KhaH2026,but I sparedוַתָּ֣חָסva.Ta.chosH2347youעָלֶ֑יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921and saidH559, ‘I will notלֹא־lo'-H3808liftאֶשְׁלַ֤ח'esh.LachH7971my handיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027against my lordבַּֽאדֹנִ֔יba.do.NiH113,sinceכִּי־ki-H3588heהֽוּא׃Hu'H1931is the LORD’sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068anointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899.’

11Seeגַּ֗םGamH7200 H1571,my fatherוְאָבִ֣יve.'a.ViH1,lookH7200H853at the cornerכְּנַ֥ףke.NafH3671of your robeמְעִילְךָ֖me.'i.le.KhaH4598in my handH3027.ForH3588I cut itכְּנַ֨ף מְעִֽילְךָ֜ke.Naf me.'i.le.KhaH3671 H4598offבְּכָרְתִי֩be.kha.re.TiH3772H853,but I did notH3808kill youH2026.Knowדַּ֤עda'H3045and seeH7200thatH3588there is noאֵ֨ין'einH369evilרָעָ֤הra.'AhH7451or rebellionוָפֶ֙שַׁע֙va.Fe.sha'H6588in my handsH3027.I have notH3808sinnedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398against you,even though youוְאַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH859are hunting me downצֹדֶ֥הtzo.DehH6658H853to takeלְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃le.kach.TahH3947my lifeנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315.

12May the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068judgeיִשְׁפֹּ֤טyish.PotH8199between you and meH996,and may the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068take vengeanceוּנְקָמַ֥נִיu.ne.ka.Ma.niH5358on youמִמֶּ֑ךָּmi.Me.kaH4480,but my handH3027will neverH3808beתִֽהְיֶה־tih.yeh-H1961against you.

13Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834the oldהַקַּדְמֹנִ֔יha.kad.mo.NiH6931proverbמְשַׁל֙me.ShalH4912saysיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559, ‘Wickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562proceedsיֵ֣צֵאYe.tze'H3318from the wickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֖יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563.’But my handH3027will neverH3808beH1961against you.

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