1 Samuel 26:18-21 and he said, `Why is this--my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what is in my hand evil?

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ and he said, `Why [is] this--my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what [is] in my hand evil? ¹⁹ And, now, let, I pray you, my lord the king hear the words of his servant:if Yahweh has moved you against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men--cursed [are] they before Yahweh, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, Go, serve other elohims. ²⁰ `And now, let not my blood fall to the earth over-against the face of Yahweh, for the king of Israel has come out to seek one flea, as [one] pursues the partridge in mountains.. ²¹ And Saul said, `I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to you no more, because that my soul has been precious in your eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly..