1 Samuel 24:9-15 And David said to Saul, Wherefore wilt thou listen to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy injury?

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ And David said to Saul, Wherefore wilt thou listen to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy injury? ¹⁰ Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some one said that I should kill thee: but my soul felt compassion for thee: and I said, I will not stretch forth my hand against my Lord; because he is the anointed of the Lord. ¹¹ And now, my father, see, yea, see the corner of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and that I have not sinned against thee: yet thou liest in wait for my soul to take it. ¹² May the Lord judge between me and thee, and may the Lord avenge me on thee; but my hand shall not be against thee. ¹³ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee. ¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea. ¹⁵ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.