1Sa 25:24-33 | NASB2020 | STEP | She fell at his feet and said , “On me alone , my lord , be the blame . And please let your slave speak to you, and listen to the words of your slave .

1 Samuel 25:24-33

24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me ^{▼▼Lit myself}alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your slave speak ^{▼▼Lit in your ears}to you, and listen to the words of your slave. 25 Please do not let my lord ^{▼▼Lit set his heart to}pay attention to this ^{▼▼Lit man of Belial}worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. ^{▼▼I.e., fool}Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him; but I your slave did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

26 “Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from ^{▼▼Lit coming in with blood}shedding blood, and ^gfrom ^{▼▼Lit helping}avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, ⁱmay your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal. 27 And now let ^jthis ^{▼▼Lit blessing}gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who ^{▼▼Lit walk at the feet of}accompany my lord. 28 Please forgive ^mthe offense of your slave; for ⁿthe Lord will certainly make for my lord an ^{▼▼Or permanent}enduring house, because my lord is ^pfighting the battles of the Lord, and ^qevil will not be found in you all your days. 29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your ^{▼▼Lit soul}life, then the ^{▼▼Lit soul}life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the ^{▼▼Lit soul}lives of your enemies ^uHe will sling out ^{▼▼Lit in the midst of}as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and ^wappoints you ruler over Israel, 31 this will not become an obstacle to you, or a ^{▼▼Lit stumbling of heart}troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having ^{▼▼Lit helped}avenged himself. ^zWhen the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”

32 Then David said to Abigail, “ ^aaBlessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, 33 and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, ^abwho have kept me this day from ^{▼▼Lit coming into blood}bloodshed and from ^{▼▼Lit helping}avenging myself by my own hand.