1 Samuel 25:24–33

²⁴She fell at his feet and said, “On me ¹alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak ²to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

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

²⁶“Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from ¹shedding blood, and ^afrom ²avenging yourself by your own hand, now then ^blet your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

²⁷“Now let ^athis ¹gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who ²accompany my lord.

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

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

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

³¹this will not ¹cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having ²avenged himself. ^aWhen the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

³²Then David said to Abigail, “^aBlessed be the Lord 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 ²avenging myself by my own hand.