Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 24:8-15

8DavidH1732alsoaroseH6965afterward, andwentH6965outH413of thecaveH4631, andcriedנְתָנָ֖םne.ta.NamH5414afterH413SaulH7586,sayingבַּדְּבָרִ֔יםba.de.va.RimH1697, My lord the king. And whenSaulH7586looked behind him,DavidH1732bowed with his face to the earth, anddidוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808obeisance.

9AndDavidH1732saidH559toSaulH7586, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words,sayingH559,Beholdוַיַּבֵּ֤טvai.ya.BetH5027,DavidH1732seeketh thy hurt?

10Beholdהִנֵּה֩hi.NehH2009, this day thine eyes have seenhowלָ֧מָּהLa.mahH4100that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: andsomeהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009bademeH1697kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and IsaidH559, I willnotH1732putforthתִשְׁמַ֛עtish.Ma'H8085mine handagainstH1697my lord; for he is the LORD’S anointed.

11Moreoverהִנֵּה֩hi.NehH2009, my father,seeרְאֵ֔הre.'EhH7200,yeaH3588,seeרָא֣וּra.'UH7200the skirt of thy robe in myhandH3027: for in that I cutoffH5921the skirt of thy robe, andkilledH2026theenotH3808, know thou andseeרְאֵ֛הre.'EhH7200that there isneitherH3808evilnorH3808transgression in minehandH3027, and I havenotH3808sinnedagainstH5921thee,thoughH3588thou huntestafterH5921my soul totakeוּרְאֵה֙u.re.'EhH7200it.

12The LORD judge betweenmeH5315and thee, and the LORD avengemeH5315of thee: but minehandH3027shallnotH3808beuponH7200thee.

13As saith the proverb of the ancients,OutH4480of the wicked cometh forth wickedness: butmineH4480handH3027shallnotH3808beuponH1961thee.

14AfterH1961whomH834is the king of IsraelcomeH1961outH3318?afterH1961whomH834dost thou pursue?afterH1961a dead dog,afterH1961a flea.

15The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence betweenmeH310and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and delivermeH310outיָצָא֙ya.Tza'H3318of thine hand.

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