David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’
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David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
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Matthew Henry · Verses 8–15
David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares his fixed resolution never to be his own avenger. If men wrong us, God will right us, at farthest, in the judgment of the great day.
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