They almostdestroyedme on earth,But as for me, I did not forsakeYour precepts.
"Nowtherefore, sendquicklyand tellDavid,saying,Do not spendthe nightat the fordsof the wilderness,but by allmeanscrossover,orelsethe kingand allthe peoplewhoare with him will be destroyed.'"
The arrogantutterlyderideme, [Yet] I do not turnasidefrom Your law.
The cordsof the wickedhave encircledme, [But] I have not forgottenYour law.
"Yet they seekMe dayby dayand delightto knowMy ways,As a nationthat has donerighteousnessAnd has not forsakenthe ordinanceof their God.They askMe [for] justdecisions,They delightin the nearnessof God.
"Do not fearthosewho killthe bodybut are unableto killthe soul;but ratherfearHim who is ableto destroybothsouland bodyin hell.
Yet Davidvowedagain,saying,"Your fatherknowswellthat I have foundfavorin your sight,and he has said,'Do not let Jonathanknowthis,orhe will be grieved.'But trulyas the LORDlivesand as your soullives,there is hardly a stepbetweenme and death."
"Now behold,as your lifewas highlyvaluedin my sightthisday,somay my lifebe highlyvaluedin the sightof the LORD,and may He deliverme from alldistress."
But Davidsaidto Abishai,"Do not destroyhim, for whocan stretchout his handagainst the LORD'Sanointedand be withoutguilt?"
