O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is i
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the so