1 Samuel 25:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 If any adversary pursues you to seek your life, may the life of my lord be bound in the bundle of the living[a] in the care of the Lord your God; may God hurl out the lives of your enemies as from the hollow of a sling.(A) 30 And when the Lord fulfills for my lord the promise of success he has made concerning you, and appoints you as ruler over Israel,(B) 31 you shall not have any regrets or burdens on your conscience, my lord, for having shed innocent blood or for having rescued yourself. When the Lord bestows good on my lord, remember your maidservant.”
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- 25:29 The bundle of the living: the figure is perhaps taken from the practice of tying up valuables in a kerchief or bag for safekeeping. Abigail desires that David enjoy permanent peace and security, but that his enemies be subject to constant agitation and humiliation like a stone whirled about, cast out of the sling, and thereafter disregarded.
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