1 Samuel 26:18-20 And he said, Wherefore is it, that my lord is in pursuit of his servant? For what have I done? or what is in my hand that is wrong?

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ And he said, Wherefore is it, that my lord is in pursuit of his servant? For what have I done? or what is in my hand that is wrong? ¹⁹ Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant,––If, Yahweh, have goaded thee on against me, let him accept the sweet smell of a gift, but, if the sons of men, accursed, they are before Yahweh, for they have driven me out, today, from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying––Go, serve other gods! ²⁰ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth, away from the presence of Yahweh,––for the king of Israel hath come out to hunt for a single flea, as when one pursueth a partridge among the mountains.