1 Samuel 25:24–33

²⁴And she fell at his feet and said, “On me ¹alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

²⁵“Please do not let my lord ¹pay attention to this ²vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. ³Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

²⁶“So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from ¹shedding blood, and ^afrom saving yourself by your own hand, so now, ^blet your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

²⁷“So now let ^athis ¹gift which your servant-woman has brought to my lord be given to the young men who ²went about with my lord.

²⁸“Please forgive ^athe transgression of your maidservant; for ^bYahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is ^cfighting the battles of Yahweh, and ^devil will not be found in you all your days.

²⁹“And should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your ¹life, then the ²life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Yahweh your God; but the ³lives of your enemies ^aHe will sling out ⁴as from the hollow of a sling.

³⁰“And it will be that when Yahweh does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and ^aappoints you ruler over Israel,

³¹then this will not ¹cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. ^aWhen Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

³²Then David said to Abigail, “^aBlessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,

³³and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, ^awho have kept me this day from ¹bloodshed and from saving myself by my own hand.