1 Samuel 25:24-33

24She fellH5307 at his feetH7272 and saidH559, “On me 1aloneH589, my lordH113, be the blameH5771. And pleaseH4994 let your maidservantH519 speakH1696 2to you, and listenH8085 to the wordsH1697 of your maidservantH519. 25PleaseH4994 do not let my lordH113 3payH7760 attentionH3820 to thisH2088 4worthlessH1100 manH376, NabalH5037, for as his nameH8034 is, soH3651 is he. 5NabalH5037 is his nameH8034 and follyH5039 is with him; but I your maidservantH519 did not seeH7200 the youngH5288 menH5288 of my lordH113 whomH834 you sentH7971.

26“NowH6258 therefore, my lordH113, as the LordH3068 livesH2416, and as your soulH5315 livesH2416, sinceH834 the LordH3068 has restrainedH4513 you from 6sheddingH935 bloodH1818, and 7from 8avengingH3467 yourself by your own handH3027, nowH6258 then 9let your enemiesH340 and those who seekH1245 evilH7463 againstH413 my lordH113, be as NabalH5037. 27NowH6258 let 10thisH2088 11giftH1293 whichH834 your maidservantH8198 has broughtH935 to my lordH113 be givenH5414 to the youngH5288 menH5288 who 12accompanyH1980H7272 my lordH113. 28PleaseH4994 forgiveH5375 13the transgressionH6588 of your maidservantH519; for 14the LordH3068 will certainlyH6213 makeH6213 for my lordH113 an enduringH539 houseH1004, becauseH3588 my lordH113 is 15fightingH3898 the battlesH4421 of the LordH3068, and 16evilH7463 will not be foundH4672 in you allH4480 your daysH3117. 29Should anyoneH120 riseH6965 up to pursueH7291 you and to seekH1245 your 17lifeH5315, then the 18lifeH5315 of my lordH113 shall be boundH6887 in the bundleH6872 of the livingH2416 with the LordH3068 your GodH430; but the 19livesH5315 of your enemiesH340 20He will slingH7049 out 21as from the hollowH3709 of a slingH7050. 30And whenH3588 the LordH3068 doesH6213 for my lordH3068 according to allH3605 the goodH2899 that He has spokenH1696 concerningH5921 you, and 22appointsH6680 you rulerH5057 overH5921 IsraelH3478, 31thisH2088 will not 23causeH1961 griefH6330 or a troubledH4383 heartH3820 to my lordH113, both by having shedH8210 bloodH1818 withoutH2600 causeH2600 and by my lordH113 having 24avengedH3467 himself. 25When the LordH3068 dealsH3190 wellH3190 with my lordH113, then rememberH2142 your maidservantH519.”

32Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbigailH26, “26BlessedH1288 be the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, whoH834 sentH7971 you thisH2088 dayH3117 to meetH7122 me, 33and blessedH1288 be your discernmentH2940, and blessedH1288 be you, 27whoH834 have keptH3607 me thisH2088 dayH3117 from 28bloodshedH1818 and from 29avengingH3467 myself by my own handH3027.