When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’

“From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.

He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him.

Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.

Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.”

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.

“I pursued my enemies and crushed them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.