They almostdestroyedme on earth,But as for me, I did not forsakeYour precepts.
"Do not fearthosewho killthe bodybut are unableto killthe soul;but ratherfearHim who is ableto destroybothsouland bodyin hell.
"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.
The cordsof the wickedhave encircledme, [But] I have not forgottenYour law.
The arrogantutterlyderideme, [Yet] I do not turnasidefrom Your law.
"Now behold,as your lifewas highlyvaluedin my sightthisday,somay my lifebe highlyvaluedin the sightof the LORD,and may He deliverme from alldistress."
"Nowtherefore, sendquicklyand tellDavid,saying,Do not spendthe nightat the fordsof the wilderness,but by allmeanscrossover,orelsethe kingand allthe peoplewhoare with him will be destroyed.'"
But Davidsaidto Abishai,"Do not destroyhim, for whocan stretchout his handagainst the LORD'Sanointedand be withoutguilt?"
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."
