1 Samuel 24:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave; and some urged me to kill you, but I spared^[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ ¹¹ See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand; for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak, and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life. ¹² May the Lord judge between me and you! May the Lord avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.