1 Samuel 26:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?” ¹⁰ David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down; or his day will come to die; or he will go down into battle and perish. ¹¹ The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed; but now take the spear that is at his head, and the water jar, and let us go.”