"You have declaredtodaythat you have donegoodto me, that the LORDdeliveredme into your handand [yet] you did not killme.
Judahrecognized[them], and said,"She is morerighteousthanI, inasmuchas I did not giveher to my sonShelah."And he did not haverelationswith her again.
And You have not givenme overinto the handof the enemy;You have setmy feetin a largeplace.
Let the enemypursuemy souland overtake[it]; And let him tramplemy lifedownto the groundAnd laymy gloryin the dust.Selah.
For you will heapburning coalson his head,And the LORDwill rewardyou.
Then Davidsaid,"Will the menof Keilahsurrenderme and my meninto the handof Saul?"And the LORDsaid,"They will surrenderyou."
When it was toldSaulthat Davidhad cometo Keilah,Saulsaid,"Godhas deliveredhim into my hand,for he shuthimself in by enteringa citywith double gatesand bars."
"Behold,thisdayyour eyeshave seenthat the LORDhad givenyou todayinto my handin the cave,and some saidto killyou, but [my eye] had pityon you; and I said,'I will not stretchout my handagainst my lord,for he is the LORD'Sanointed.'
"For ifa manfindshis enemy,will he let him goawaysafely?May the LORDtherefore rewardyou with goodin returnfor whatyou have doneto me thisday.
"The LORDwill repayeachman[for] his righteousnessand his faithfulness;for the LORDdeliveredyou into [my] handtoday,but I refusedto stretchout my handagainst the LORD'Sanointed.
Then Abishaisaidto David,"TodayGodhas deliveredyour enemyinto your hand;nowtherefore, pleaselet me strikehim with the spearto the groundwith onestroke,and I will not strike him the secondtime."
