28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will make my lord a [a]sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and none evil hath been found in thee [b]in all thy life.

29 Yet [c]a man hath risen up to persecute thee, and to seek thy soul, but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the [d]bundle of life with the Lord thy God: and the soul of thine enemies shall God cast out, as out of the middle of a sling.

30 And when the Lord shall have done to my lord all the good that he hath promised thee, and shall have made thee ruler over Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:28 Confirm his Kingdom to his posterity.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:28 Hebrew, from thy days.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 To wit, Saul.
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 God shall preserve thee long in his service, and destroy thine enemies.

28 “Please forgive(A) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(B) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(C) and no wrongdoing(D) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(E) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(F) away as from the pocket of a sling.(G) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(H) over Israel,

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