28 Please forgive (A)the offense of your slave; for (B)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an [a]enduring house, because my lord is (C)fighting the battles of the Lord, and (D)evil will not be found in you all your days. 29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [b]life, then the [c]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [d]lives of your enemies (E)He will sling out [e]as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and (F)appoints you ruler over Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:28 Or permanent
  2. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  5. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit in the midst of

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