⁴ David’s men told him, “Look, today is the day about which the Lord spoke to you when he said,^[a] ‘I’ll give your enemy into your hand.’ Do to him whatever you want!”

David rose and stealthily cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. ⁵ Afterwards, David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. ⁶ He told his men, “God forbid that I should do this thing to your majesty, the Lord’s anointed, by stretching out my hand against him, since he’s the Lord’s anointed.”