New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Samuel 24:10-13

10BeholdH2009,thisהַזֶּ֜הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117your eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869have seenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200that the Lordיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068had handedבְּיָדִי֙be.ya.DiH5414 H3027you overH5414to me todayהַיּ֤וֹם׀hai.YomH3117in the caveבַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.RahH4631, and someonesaidH559to killלַהֲרָגֲךָ֖la.ha.ra.ga.KhaH2026you, butI sparedוַתָּ֣חָסva.Ta.chosH2347you; and I saidH559, ‘I will not reachH7971outH7971with my handיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027against my lordבַּֽאדֹנִ֔יba.do.NiH113,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588he is the Lord’sיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068anointedמְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.achH4899.’

11So,my fatherוְאָבִ֣יve.'a.ViH1,lookH7200!Indeedגַּ֗םGamH1571,lookH7200at the edgeכְּנַ֥ףke.NafH3671of your robeמְעִילְךָ֖me.'i.le.KhaH4598in my handH3027! For by the factthat I cutבְּכָרְתִי֩be.kha.re.TiH3772offH3772the edgeכְּנַ֨ףke.NafH3671of your robeמְעִֽילְךָ֜me.'i.le.KhaH4598but did not killH2026you, knowדַּ֤עda'H3045and understandH7200that thereH369isH369noH369evilH7463orrebellionוָפֶ֙שַׁע֙va.Fe.sha'H6588in my handsH3027,and I have not sinnedחָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398against you, though youare lyingH6658inH6658waitצֹדֶ֥הtzo.DehH6658for my lifeנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315,to takeלְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃le.kach.TahH3947it.

12May the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068judgeיִשְׁפֹּ֤טyish.PotH8199betweenH996you and me, and may the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068takeH5358vengeanceH5358on you for me; but my handH3027shall not be against you.

13As the proverbמְשַׁל֙me.ShalH4912of the ancientsהַקַּדְמֹנִ֔יha.kad.mo.NiH6931saysיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559, ‘OutH3318of the wickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֖יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563comesH3318wickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562’;but my handH3027shall not be against you.

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